To Tell or Not to Tell | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. To Tell or Not to Tell

To Tell or Not to Tell

October 3, 2010
By J.E.S. BRONZE, Newport Beach, California
More by this author
J.E.S. BRONZE, Newport Beach, California
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile

Am i stronger to reveal
or by a thousand tears hide
the severity of my struggle
the desire to simply subside
Is it selfish to want so dearly
to disclose pain only i know
and by such self unveiling
my misery others may follow
Do i somewhere deep inside
know the truth of my yearning
to no longer in ache stand alone
for others to feel this burning
Would i give unto them freedom
by at last exiting this cruel life
and in this act finally display
the secrets of my internal strife

© Elise S., Clarksville, MD

The author's comments:
This is not exactly what i am experiencing, but it represents the choice of expressing the truth and hurting others or holding it in and hurting yourself. Also, the title and first lines are not intended to copy Shakespeare's work but to draw to mind and give a new twist to those classic lines.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Remembrance
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
unnamed
By Mew13 SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
Mew13 SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surly vote for the purr.&quot;<br /> (Barbara L. Diamond)

View profile
Poetry
Nothing good comes from Pyromania
By Nelle PLATINUM
Crewkerne, Other
Nelle PLATINUM, Crewkerne, Other
21 articles 10 photos 49 comments
View profile
Poetry
July Twentieth Two Thousand and Eight
By Poe_poe SILVER
DeMotte, Indiana
Poe_poe SILVER, DeMotte, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Rise of Your Chest
By Poe_poe SILVER
DeMotte, Indiana
Poe_poe SILVER, DeMotte, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.