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can someone please help me

 

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know how feel

can someone please tell me

 

i don’t know how to act

i don’t know to speak 

i don’t understand new words

i feel like a freak

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me

 

i can’t control my emotions

i don’t know what i’m feeling

i spend my time alone

aimlessly staring at a ceiling

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me

 

i can’t speak to my parents

they never understand 

they wouldn’t comfort me as a child

but rather yell and reprimand 

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me

 

my future is unknown 

and the fear consumes me

but deep down i wonder

if i’ll even make it to twenty 

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me 

 

i feel sick all the time 

my stomach is always in knots

i can’t remember feeling carefree

i watch my childhood memories rot

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me 

 

i wake up in the morning

made it through another night

but i don’t feel hope

i wallow in strife

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me 

 

i don’t like being seen

please don’t notice my presence

i want to cry in conversations 

i rethink every sentence 

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please tell me 

 

it’s like i’m being watched 

an animal in a zoo

every blink monitored 

judged by every move

 

i don’t know what to do

i don’t know what to feel

can someone please help me 

 

can someone please help me 

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John Botterill

Sun 21st May 2023 19:22

First rate poem defining a very common problem, Summer. Writing a poem is a great start. Keep going!
Welcome to WOL.

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Hélène

Sun 21st May 2023 14:51

Wise English teacher, Summer! Welcome to WOL. Pour your feelings out, see where the words take you. We will eagerly read your poems and send you blessings along the way.

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Graham Sherwood

Sun 21st May 2023 11:17

Good to see you here Summer. Most people begin by writing about themselves, their feelings etc. It's a form of catharsis. Once you start looking outside of yourself, life becomes a lot more interesting! Enjoy your poetry. Keep writing

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 21st May 2023 08:10

I remember feeling like that in my youth; I was bewildered and afraid of everything. But it will pass.

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Manish Singh Rajput

Sun 21st May 2023 03:28

Have been there and had no helping hand to pull me out, have seen and felt all of the things described so accurately in this poem. I can completely resonate with this and can admit that a part of it still lingers on to me after my twenties too. And we'll all get past it to a better place, that's the beauty of life. A great first poem, well done!
Thank you.

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