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Title of Piece: DeepThoughts

Author: Sard

Hamri

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depression and self am not

loved

worth issues

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Speaker
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hard time with
their mental health
life and views that shape this

text?

and her struggles

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poem is dark

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light-hearted or deadly serious? because the

Mischievous or ironic? words unlovable

selfish and broken

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By: Sara Hamri

Feels are BY
My brain keeps telling me that I am not loved,
Not loved by my loved ones around me.
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others
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I wake up everyday feeling as if I am living in a different body,
I look into my mirror and feel disconnected with the person that's looking back at me.
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In a quiet room, words filling my head are buzzing
Telling me that I am not good enough and that I am wasting my time trying.

Why am I unable to feel loved?

Friday night with the girls and I rather be at home,

At home being trapped in my own thoughts,
Feeling suffocated from the walls caving in on me.
Inattentive
“You seem so happy” they all say to me,
JEFE't
friends
As I am telling them that I am dreading taking another breath. Friends
They just want me to be present, think that the
And connect with the girls again. Speaker is happy
and doesn't see her
Why am I unable to give my love?
pain
I fill up my tub with the warm water that burns my skin
And soak up all of the words that keep running through my mind,
“Being able to feel something is better than feeling numb”,
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I try to convince myself.
I let the water drain out with all of the words that keep me up at night,
how they
“Unlovable”, “Selfish”, “Broken” feel about
themselves