I am suffocating
And I just need to breath
I'm smothered under pressure
I must be relieved.
*
Nothing I do is right,
Nothing they say is fair
I cry and scream and throw a fit,
But no one seems to care.
*
Nobody will listen,
To what I have to say.
My life is not important,
Yet I'm living every day.
*
I can't do what I want
I cannot stay out late
Here I sit and write this poem
To release my pain and hate.
*
I'm confused and I'm alone
I'm lost inside my mind.
No one will search beyond my looks
To see what they might find.
*
So many thoughts confuse me,
Feelings I can't perceive,
In this time of adolescence
And I just need to leave.
*
None of it makes sense
None of this seems real.
And noone understands
The emotions that I feel.
*
I'm still suffocating
And I still need to breathe.
I'm smothered under feelings
Let me be relieved.
-Marion Distante