Torn and cut

I want to get home to the place I am loved, why is it so hard?

When I walk down the halls, everyone just laughs.

People point and people stare.

 

They all want me to be aware that I'm hated, unwanted.

 

I scream but no one hears me.

I cry but no one can see.

 

I'm torn and cut.

Running through the forest through the dirt and thorns,

I trip and fall when I'm almost home.

 

I'm torn and cut.

 

All I want is to get home, to get where I'm loved.

 

I start crawling, hoping that I will make it in time.

Hopeing that I will make it before dark time.

 

Pulling me back through the thorns and dirt is the voices.

The voices telling me to die.

They ask me why I am still here and I stumble and cry because I hate having all these fears chase me.

 

I want to get home, but I'm so torn and cut.

 

I look at my wrist as the blood trickels down my arm, now what?

Author's Note

I cried a little typing this, it had personal meaning.. So please excuse the mess ups.

Reviews

[J.e.s.s.i.c.a]

This is... great. I love it. I can tell how personal it is and you did an amazing job. It's very powerful.

[.........]

The idea of your words is definitely meaningful, but your flow got a little crooked in spots. All through the poem, I felt the rush of adrenaline and emotion that you meant us to feel. That last question, "Now what?" is the perfect way to describe the hopelessness. Well said.

[Carry May]

I have read several of your poems, and so far this is the one, which touches my heart best. Probably because I've been through the same misery.
I really like the way you use a question for the last row, what urges us to think through and read back the poem again.
Great poem.

[Marie Harrison]

What a powerful write. I can feel the turmoil and fear in the author's voice, I can almost sense her tremble as she presses forward urgently to get home where she can rest. Very emotional writing. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Nobody.]

this sreams like thunder. great poem. hurts to read it. your images and descriptions are powerful!

[morningstar]

I feel your pain all the way, feeling not wanted and kind of like an outcast, which is why I really liked this poem. I hope things are better for you because no one deserves this. Really deep poem with lots of emotion. I loved it

[Moflo]

I agree, very powerful. You can really sense the emotion and that is great. Very nice write.

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Powerful