I step into the shower Tears roll down my cheek I can’t stand to look at my body What has become of me?
Ohh I want to cut myself Again and again Because I feel disgust and want control I want to shape my body into something I perceive as beautiful And that’s anything but me
I try to clean this body of mine But I can’t wash away my sins I don’t want to die, but living like this is hell
What I want is to feel something Anything but this depression I tired of putting on a bubbly face I can’t take this anymore All these pills And I still don’t feel like me
I know I shouldn’t think this way And it pains me to say: “I just want rest and feel okay again”
But what I really mean is “I don’t want be alive anymore I don’t want to feel this way I don’t want be alive This day is so gray”
It’s been so many years now I can’t remember the last time smiled Genuinely and it lasted And so I thought to myself: “will I ever get better?”
It’s been a few months Since I was in the hospital Coming back home was tough Leaving school was even harder I felt like failure To myself and to my family And so I thought to myself “am I broken?”
It’s been a couple of weeks now Since I last self harmed I still have feelings to do that But I resist the urges And so I thought to myself “you’re stronger than this”
I know I shouldn’t think this way And it pains me to say: “I just want rest and feel okay again”
But what I really mean is “I don’t want be alive anymore” I don’t want to feel this way I don’t want be alive This day is so gray”
But for today, Please just let me be I need some rest from fighting This demon in me
“I don’t want to be alive” At least not for today But maybe tomorrow that feeling will change
I wrote this on March 10, 2020 and have finally built up the courage to post it. I have been struggling with body image issues and severe depression. I am currently in a residential program and am trying to get better. This is all so overwhelming, and writing has calmed me down.