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Emma Melvin May 2017
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care how hard it is,
to walk around,
faking a smile every day of my life?
Does anyone care,
that when one person gets hurt,
we are all frightened at the fact that it could be us?
Does anyone care how bad it hurts,
when people make jokes about mental disorders?
Life threatening situations?
Depression?
Anxiety?
******* suicide?
Well it hurts like hell,
and does anyone care?
Emma Melvin May 2017
It's really not that I miss you.
Not at all actually.
It's just hard realizing
four months ago, I thought you were the only one.
And then
in a blink of an eye.
Everything I put all my energy and soul in,
what I put my heart out on my sleeve for,
gone.
Emma Melvin Apr 2017
I would always be fascinated into looking into your beautiful brown eyes.
Bright when you were happy,
Deep dark when you were sad.
They remind me of my childhood,
how I would watch my mood ring change.
It’s funny,
because when I used to look into those brown eyes,
it’s like my mood ring would change to such a warm color.
But now,
when I look into your evil eyes,
my mood ring turns to the bluest blue.
*Just like my heart.
Emma Melvin Apr 2017
Fathom (noun) ; understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought*

I turned to page eight, and the word struck to my eyes like a magnet.
Fathom.
It was hard to fathom I would be where I am now.
When I was born, I am certain my mother could never fathom that I would struggle this much throughout life.
But I am.
When I was eight and fell down, I never could fathom that the scrape on my knee would heal back to normal.
But it did.
When I was in middle school, I never could fathom I would fit in anywhere or make any friends.
But I did.
All throughout life, I never could fathom that I would ever accept myself.
But I have.
Why are we doubting ourselves so much throughout life,
when all it does time after time is bring us down?
The cure to all of our problems is
fathoming.
Emma Melvin Apr 2017
"Emma Melvin?"
They call me in.
I see the tears stream out of my mother's beautiful blue eyes,
like the sea was rushing out.
The bag I hold will be all I have of my own for the coming seven days.
They take my keys.
They take my phone.
They take my blanket.
They pull me away from my family.
Mother's tears have become streams or sadness.
I am filled with antagonizing fear the moment her hand is detached from mine.
I am alone.
I am here because I am not okay.
Things are not okay,
no matter what they are telling me.
Kobacker Mental Hospital*
Where all my nightmares came alive.
Emma Melvin Apr 2017
People cover up wounds with bandages,
whether it's the littlest paper cut,
or the largest **** all the way to the bone.
They are always covered with bandages,
hidden for no one else to see.

That's what's happening to society
We're all hurting,
whether it's the littlest paper cut in the heart,
to the largest **** all the way to the bone.
But we are forced to cover it up with a smile,
so no one will see we are dying.
You don't realize how people are hurting inside,
all you see is the smile.
And sooner or later,
you will look in her casket and say
"I always remembered her beautiful smile,
I never knew she was hurting inside".
Emma Melvin Apr 2017
You never helped me when I was feeling blue.
Only when it was crisis,
so you could say you were the one who saved me.
It's like you watched me walk to the edge,
but as one foot was picked up off the ground,
you pulled me back and embraced me.
Is that what friendship is supposed to look like?
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