Depression Poems:
The Girl in the Mirror

by Nissa armstrong
(Belleville, Illinois)

I look in the mirror and see a girl,

Who is staring back at me.
I don't know who she is,
Because she's not the girl I wanna be.
She puts a smile on,
While inside she is falling apart.
She says, "I'm okay",
As pain fills her heart.
She pretends not to care,
As everyone slowly walks away.
She hides behind her mask,
And pretends to be okay.
She is scared to open up,
And call someone her best friend.
They all turn out the same,
And never really care in the end.
She is scared to let people close,
It always ends up as heartache.
She decides to trust someone,
But it always ends up as a big mistake.
She feels like a stranger in her own home,
Like she doesn't even belong.
She tries the best she can,
But it always seems to be wrong
She has ideas for the future,
Hopes and dreams of her own.
But she doesn't hold her breath,
Because disappointment is all she has ever known.
She asks, "Why am I never good enough",
"Why am I always everyone's second choice"?
People tell her she's got to stand up for what she wants,
She's got to find her own voice.
I know who I wanna be,
It's all so much clearer.
But the fact of life is,
I'm only the girl in the mirror.



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The Girl in the Mirror

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Aug 14, 2012
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WOW
by: Anonymous

That was beautiful. I feel the same way.

Jan 23, 2012
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Same for me!
by: Anonymous

That is the same for me, I pretend I'm the same as all the other giggly, girly, chattering year 7s when inside I feel like disappearing into the ground.

Sep 11, 2011
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Beautiful
by: Natalia

I really like your poem,its so full of emotion, and you used perfect words to describe everything, one word - beautiful...its simply amazing, even though its so sad...

Jun 19, 2011
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True
by: Anonymous

Wow! That is so true for me to. You really hit the nail on the head with that.

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