I am a young new writer, I have been writing poetry for almost 1 year. Most of my poems include some struggles I have had while dealing with my mental health and some might just be how I feel in the heat of a moment, some poems will be some motivation that has helped me through my problems and I hope it will be able to help others. If there are any spelling or grammar 'mistakes' they aren't mistakes, those are there on purpose :)
I never was popular and I most likely never will be. I have never been loved by many people who I don't know and I never will be. I have never been told by someone I don't know that I was important. I have never been told by someone I don't know that I was stronger than I think I am. I have rarely had someone look me in the eyes and tell me the truth when I ask them a question. I have never heard someone say that I have a voice. I have rarely heard someone tell me that what I say matters. I have rarely had someone tell me I could make a difference in the world. Though some of these things are words most people want to hear I don't need to hear because I already know the truth about myself. I Know I am not popular but I would rather have a few very close friends who support me instead of having multiple people who will leave me and turn their backs on me. I Know I am not loved by many people because I don't need to be. I would rather have people who really love me than people who don't love me for who I am but for who they want me to be. I Know that I am important and that I matter. I Know I am strong and I Know I am brave. I don't need someone to look me in the eyes and tell me the truth because I already know the truth. I Know I have a voice and that I can use it however I want. I Know that I can make a difference in the world. It might not be a big one and it might not land in a history book but it will land in someone's life. I know who I am. I Know what I want for myself and I Know what I want for the people I love around me. I Know I can stand up for what I Know and think is right. I KNOW MYSELF AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME EVER! ! !
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You make me wear a dress causing me to feel so distressed.
You want me to look like a female but I do not. When I say I'm not a male either you look so distraught.
I am Non-binary my pronouns are they/them. I am not masculine I am not femme.
I am Non-binary and I am proud. I am Non-binary and I will shout it out loud.
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I know I am Broken and that is okay. I know I am Broken and I admit it every day.
Knowing I was Broken was a lot easier than accepting it.
I used to hate being Broken so in the darkness I would sit. Being Broken is hard at first but eventually, I realized I could be worse.
Finding out I was Broken hurt so bad. Knowing I am Broken sometimes makes me feel glad. Being Broken has gotten better this is true.
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I Lost Myself so long ago I can barely remember. I Lost Myself so long ago and I'm still not back together.
I've tried to find myself before, but all it did was break me down to the core.
I Lost Myself and it is only getting worse. I Lost Myself and I don't think I can be reversed.
I help people all the time but I can't help myself when I'm not feeling fine.
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I have felt and experienced much pain over the years physically, emotionally, mentally. All the pain I have been through first left the most terrible impacts on my life I thought I would never get better. I thought the pain I felt would kill me over the years, I never thought it would get better. Over the years I ignored my feelings and only thought "it will only get worse from here" I would let my pain kill me. I never realized the more I allowed my pain to get to me the weaker it would make me. The pain wasn't what was killing me slowly, what was really killing me was the power I was giving it and the power I was allowing it to take from me. I didn't realize the power that was taken from me until I fought and told myself "I will get better this pain I am feeling will not always be there the depression I am feeling at the time will not consume me I will not allow my anxiety to kill me". Saying this helped me and made me Stronger it helped me realize that I don't and won't always live in fear. It helped me see I am Stronger than these feelings and that my past will not affect my future. My past will not define who I am and the life I am going to live. My past will not be taken with me. I will leave it behind until it is nothing but a forgotten memory. I am realizing self-worth and that I am much Stronger than I think I am. I may not have the best past but with me slowly finding myself, loving myself, and speaking myself I will have an amazing future.
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