Elena Rosi

6d

rick

smile

it’s sad to say
that nowadays
a smile
is more often
used
to hide depression
rather than
express
happiness.

#poem #poetry #prose #smile #happiness #depression

Elena Rosi 7d

A smile
A try
Higher
A lie.

A smile: we play and laugh.
It’s all that I have.
A try: alone again. Don’t cry
There’s something I can’t let go by.

Higher: pain grows. Night unfolds.
Anger. Hatred. Fire.
The stakes are higher.
A lie: I scold and question who I call me.
I answer with a lie, wrapped in a plea.
But I’m blind— can’t see, can’t see.

This process is ****.
The pieces don’t fit.
But I won’t quit.
Let’s talk about it.

What’s the matter tonight dear? Even when everything else is fine, you don’t have to put yourself in happy mode. Liana, hate isn’t the answer. You know…. Talk to yourself. Speak truth.

Elena Rosi Jun 29

Cause I want to

I'm not depressed
I'm not depressed.
Is it too complex?
I just need solace...

I just had a bad day
Just had a bad week.
There's always a way,
But sometimes I'm weak.

I know how to smile,
I've done it through pain.
But walking on fire
is not really a gain.

If I don't eat,
It's cause' I don't wan to.
If I lay down,
It's cause' I want to.

If I draw and not write
If I watch and not talk.
Doesn't mean I'm not right.
I can stop running, and walk.

I'm living life, I fall.
But that doesn't mean
I'm not giving it my all.

Feeling sad or weird a couple days, doesn't mean I'm depressed. Give it a break. Do what you want. Then come back to life. That's my plan :)

Elena Rosi Jun 27

It’s a deal

There’s eleven players in soccer
I’m eleven in one, mother f*

I’m a goal keeper
And a striker
I feel as I go deeper—
I couldn’t be blinder.

We feel the pain
And still, we play.
A broken leg,
And still, we tread.

You’re a goal keeper
Striker and center field
But you won’t give up.
Do we have a deal?

I don’t play soccer lol. It just feels sometimes like we play a game alone. But we never face anything that we’re not strong enough to overcome. I feel you! (The curse word couldn’t be left out. It rhymes 🤷‍♀️)

Elena Rosi Jun 27

Just pondering 🤔

How do you change the world,
When you’re changing it by doing what the world tells you to do?

Don’t let the world change you,
When you were born to change the world.

Jun 26

Soul

Ode to an Unspoken Scream

Charged;
Defrauded;
Roaring with rage,
you hid in my
duct, hovering
a blanket over
you, closer
to my
vulnerable
left eye.—
You etched
a tear drop,
drowned in
silence.
Will you
ever let it
fall?

Have you ever hidden your pain to someone? Thinking it would do better?...

#pain #tears #silence #love