“Darkness” & “Self Hate”: A Pair of Original Poems

Darkness

The Earth shakes beneath me as if i might fall

If I fall there is no going back

Maybe i’ll be saved

Maybe i’ll fall too hard

As the light fades the darkness grows

The darkness feeds on you

You’re happy

Darkness makes you depressed

You’re excited

Darkness makes you nervous

You’re calm

Darkness makes you angry

You think you can get better

Darkness consumes you

The Darkness can never go away

It can fade

It can grow

But it will never go away

Everyone has a Darkness

No matter what they tell you

Maybe they don’t know

The Darkness within them

They may never find out

Hope that they never do

Self Hate…

People think it’s easy to live with

People don’t understand what it truly means

People say,” You’re pretty why would you think otherwise”

They don’t realize that even if others see beauty

You can’t…

You can’t look past the things

Things that you don’t like about yourself

The only person that can tell you you’re beautiful

Is yourself

That’s hard

People don’t understand how hard it really is

They think you flip a switch and you’re all better

But you’re not

It’s hard to try

But trying is all some people have left

Tell someone they are beautiful,pretty, or gorgeous

You don’t know what they go through every day of their life

No one will know if they are hurting

The struggle is behind their eyes

Hidden…