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Calm on the Outside

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She's hurting,
She's breaking,
She's crying inside.
She's yelling,
She's screaming,
And hiding her eyes.
Yeah you wont, 
hear a thing,
It's a-ll inside.
The hurting,
the screaming,
Her smile's a lie.
She stares out,
The window,
And wishes to die.
Or maybe,
When she'll jump,
She'll finally fly.

You cannot,
See her face,
She's hiding it all,
So you wont,
Yeah you wont,
See her fall...

Calm on the Oustside, written by Emma Thrussell, 27/11/12
This poem talks about the internal screaming many people suffering from depression, and other illnesses, go through most every day. While they seem at peace and perfectly calm on the outside, there is the pain, suffering, and noise inside the person's head. However, not all people have the internal noise, many people have complete silence. This is a second form of depression, and not one I know much about. I suffer from 'angry depression' which is what the poem follows, and I often find myself cursing, in my mind, to not only fellow students, but also teachers and friends and other innocent people that did nothing to anger me except exist.

I wrote this poem in Home Economics today, looking out the window and wishing my teacher would let us do something productive. I'm not having a very good week so far. Might just be the holiday mode starting up early. Who knows.

Critiques are welcome, and a nice little comment telling me you've read it would be much appreciated. ^_^
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Neveria1
Now that's tragically beautiful.

I don't even know how to say this without sounding sarcastic, but it really is.