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The Monster with In.

I wish it didn't happen.
But it did.
It broke me it two for all to see.
See that i am no longer one.
One with myself.
This thing is not good.
It eats at me every day.
The thing is a monster.
A monster that is out of control.

This monster is depression.
And I am being eaten by it.
It is ruining my life.
My soul.
It has taken my freedom and put it in a box.
A box that I cannot touch.

I wish that it would only go away.
Go away without all the drugs.
The needles.
The pain and misery
I wish that I could wake up
and it would be gone.
So i can live my life in peace and harmony.
But I can't

But I have hope thanks to Paul and Morgana.
For creating Neopoet.com
The day I found Neo was the day I found a hole to small to climb out.
And I found my hope.
My freedom.
And my pain and misery was lifted from my shoulders.
And that hole that i found when I was lost gave them back.
I lost in nothing but black.
I had no light to see my way out.
I had nothing.

But every day i get on here
I find new hope.
And that hole gets bigger.
And soon it will be so big I can climb out.
And be myself again.
So I can live happily.

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hillrider

16 years 3 months ago

Nice tribute

The hole you found was inside Skye, they gave you a platform and you scrambled up on it but give yourself the credit too for making your way here and continuing on. You will get the chance to embrace the sun all to soon. I am proud of you for facing this issue head on. And like you, am happy to have found a home of sorts here at Neo.... Indi
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hillrider

16 years 3 months ago

a chat with the "squirrel"

She opened her eyes to see Quietly hoping for the light Until the day she stumbled Into a world of Neo Reality came to light Racing with forgotten hope Elating a suffering soul Lightening her plight
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Will Wright

16 years 3 months ago

reviewing The Monster Within

I can tell this is an earlier work than "What You Did To Me" and "Love, I Guess". I see the same promise and the same marvelous stanza at the end which is the strongest of the whole poem. Your thoughts are well organized and your stanzas break well. The short sentences really give this a punch. I can feel that you want to use anaphora, but don't quite reach for it. Monster is a great metaphor and in the future, I'd like to see more metaphors - they're real crowd pleasers. I think you have some real ability as a poetess, and if you keep at it, could become very good. But not a lyricist because your work rambles a bit. I'd suggest just letting it all out when you write, then edit it down to try to say as much as possible in as few words as possible, and try to throw in some alliteration (another crowd pleaser) and assonance, as possible, without losing the emotion and getting too "thinky" about it. Or, just write and let the getting better take care of itself. That works too.
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broken_skye

16 years 3 months ago

Thank you, Will

Thanks Will again. And I rewrite and rewrite my poems many times before I find that I like them. I rewrite them because I always think that if I don't like it why should other people.