Unbreakable Bottle

It's a poem about a person's struggles with their own emotions. It relates to a lot of people.

Smile

Smiling 

A mask for some

For some a joy

For me

Both

A mask for all others

Even myself

A joy for laughter

And a soother of pain

I do not know

Where this came from

When it started

When it will end

Maybe if I’m surrounded by people

Maybe when I am alone

Alone

To be with oneself

That is hard

And I doubt that is when 

The pain will go away

That is when I feel it most

And that is what I am

Alone

So the cure of pain can’t be that

But to be surrounded

Is just as bad

For everyone else seems to be perfect

And I am stuck

In a place between

I want to be happy

But the pains nails me down

To its side

So I made a bottle

And fill it with emotion

So I don’t feel anything like it anymore

But I still feel it

Usually fleeting, but it’s there

Enough to pull me back to its side

For the chain only goes so far

I want to scream

I want to sob

But it would be all for naught

Because it doesn’t change a thing

The bottle lays still

Unopened

Hopefully forgotten

But it can’t be forgotten

Years of feeling are contained inside

And they want free

But I don’t know

How to set free

What I had trapped

Writing doesn’t help

Neither does art

Or crying

Or fighting

Nothing is a good release for it

Nothing opens it. 

Deep breath

Control it

They’re contained

I’m contained

Smile

No need to worry

It’s all in a bottle

Nothing can open it

So hide it

Bury it

Lay it to rest

But I can’t

Every time I try

I feel like I’m going to burst

Then some escapes for a second

It opens

I close it immediately though

Because of fear

Because of pain

Because I don’t want to see that side

The side that makes me feel sad

Lonely

Alone

Forgotten

So I squeeze my eyes shut

Take a deep breath

Tomorrow is a new day

Maybe it will be different

Maybe I will be different

But I doubt it

As long as the bottle stays

Right where it is

I will feel this 

Pain

Loneliness 

Sadness

Fear

In stages and glimpses

And until I set it free

Set myself free

Nobody will truly know me

For me

Nobody will hear my true thoughts

Emotions 

And pain

Nobody will see the anxiety I feel

And I 

Will never grow truly close

To anyone

To fall so deeply in love

That it can break my heart

To feel eternal joy

That everyone craves

I will be alone

Until the bottle is broken

Too bad

The bottle has been deemed unbreakable

So I’ll forever be

Truly

Utterly

Alone 

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