Poems from avollea
Hello! I'm an artist and pianist in college who likes to write slightly terrible poetry about my mental illnesses. Gloomy, I know, but maybe I'll branch out sometime. Maybe.
depression is a war and catastrophe.
you fight yourself,
and even if you win you kill
something of your essence, your soul,
but there is...
can you feel it choking you and
are you drowning drowning drowning because
i can't breathe the panic's
rising and
what are you supposed to...
he smiled at me
and i was on a roller coaster
stomach churning with anticipation.
i am a diamond
that will not be shaped to
please others.
people have tried
many times:
my father--
my peers--
society--
but i know who i...
have you never marveled
at you being simply alive?
to breathe in the crisp morning air,
hear your heart go
thump thump thump
as the wind...