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Closed Door
May 13, 2019
Everywhere I go there seems to be closed doors
Everywhere I go I end up trapped
Everywhere I go I just can’t escape
Everywhere I go
I want to escape from my mind
I want to be free
I want to be me
I want to be proud of who I am
I can’t seem to get out of this slump
I can’t seem to be me
I can’t seem to be proud of who I am
I can’t
I want to do better
I want to be better
I want better
I want me
I’m tired of lying to myself
I’m tired of lying to others
I’m tired of being someone I’m not
I’m tired of putting on this act
I am not perfect
Though I crave to be
I am trapped
Though I beg not to be
I am trapped
Trapped inside my mind
I listen to one part
Though that is not who I am
I want to open all of my closed doors
© Chloe Sheppard, Potton, England
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I am a 16-year-old living in Pennsylvania. For the past 4 and a half years I have been dealing with depression, a lot of which is because I'm not happy with myself. I wrote this poem a year or so ago during one of my rougher patches, and still to this day I relate to this piece. I hope whoever is out there reading this does not feel like this, and if you do I recommend talking to someone or getting help before it's too late.