Do not tell me
Your best friend
would not sit at your lunch table
For three days
Just staring blankly at your old seat
Wishing that you were there
To fill the space with laughter
Do not tell me
Your older brother
Would not break down
In the middle of class
Because they started talking about
Your favourite subject in school
Do not tell me
Your mother
Would not stare into the mirror
With trembling lips
Wishing she could be
Bringing you home from the hospital
Rather than having to escort you away
In a casket to the nearest graveyard
Do not tell me
Your father
Would not begin working
The night shifts
To distract himself
Of the silence at home
Because you're not up
Until the ungodly hours of the night
Do not tell me
Your boyfriend
Would not go into your room
And put on the last hoodie you wore
Trying to desperately imprint
Your scent onto his skin
So he will never forget your smell
Do not tell me
Your friends
Would not stare blankly
At the gymnasium wall
After the principal has announced your death
To the entire school
Trying to convince themselves
This is just another one
Of your impractical jokes
Do not tell me
Your dog
Would not jump
On your bed
And lay down on your sheets
Wondering where his human went
And start to whimper and cry
Do not tell me
This quote is true
Because, to the people
Who loves you
Everything would be
Frozen in time
Without you
YOU ARE READING
Dear Depression
PoetryOriginal poems about Mental Illness by me. I can take requests if you want a certain illness or scenario to be written about.
