Hurting poems by teens

Painful struggles

- by Jenny T. 59

I'm a young girl who is kept from sight
Constantly I'm crying in the middle of the night
I'm a girl who lives in constant fear
From the torment I have to endure and hear
I'm a girl who lives in a world full of pain and shame
As others say that I am hurt and alone as I was to blame
I am a girl who is longing for acceptance and happiness
But it seems like no one really understand and cares
I am a girl who lives in a broken home
Dad got divorce and moved far away
I am a girl who still holds her painful childhood memories
Mum used to beat, slap, and thrown me around every day
I am a girl with a heart that is constantly breaking
As mum is always tormenting me with her anger and painful words
I am a broken girl who lost her innocence at a very young age
From a mum who hurts me with her deliberate unreasonable rage
I am a girl who is so lonely and sad
As I have no friends and would hide myself away
I'm a girl who was hurt from the people I used to trust
My friends became the bullies who would beat and torment me each day
I used to be the girl who would have tried to kill myself many times
But I was saved by what was the most precious in my mind
I used to be the girl who would bottle up all the emotions and fears
But I could no longer hold on and broke down into tears
I used to be the girl who hurt herself in every way possible
From trying to cut to breaking bones
I am now the girl who is still trying to hold on
But on the inside I am on the verge of breakdown
I am the girl who now smiles and makes eye contact
But truthfully I still want to fade away
I am the girl filled with the painful emotional and physical scars
I am a girl who now wishes to run away
I am now a girl who is trying to pray for everything to be better
I am the girl who still cries each night
I am the girl whose heart would be hard to fixed
I am the girl who now does not easily trust
I am now the girl who is still afraid
I am now the girl who regrets having to live life this way

I feel so lost

- by Alexsys C. 58

I'm not sure when it started, or why it is so strong.
On the outside I seem happy. No one thinks anything's wrong.
But on the inside I am dying, screaming for someone to see
That the happy smile and carefree laugh is not the real me.
I've never been happy, not that I can recall.
Between the world and myself I've built up a wall.
I don't know why I'm like this, it makes no sense to me.
I actually come from a very close and loving family.
But even they have no idea of the hell I endure.
They think I'm happy and normal; of this I am sure.
I can't take it much longer, I can't live like this!
I want to feel truly happy, that is my biggest wish.
I need help, but who will help me? Who could comprehend?
Is there anyone out there who can help bring this to an end?
Or am I simply trapped, a prisoner of despair?
Am I really all alone? Is there no hope for me out there?
I'm so lost, please help me! I can't do this alone!
I need someone in my corner, a friend to call my own.
Please help me.