Attention

by ~Ms. Sarah~ - Cancer

It's funny how the people who ignore you
always say they dont, and as youre trying to
explain it to them they brush you off like a pesky fly
And the people who promised they'd be there
Are the last ones to ask you whats wrong
I hate how I look around and see so many people
Yet I feel all alone
No one has time to hear me
or time to hear why I feel the way I do
So I get louder and they just pay attention to
me for a second, enough to yell at me to shut up
So then I go to school thinking I'll be surrounded
by friends and just as I walk-up,
they turn around and start walking away as they
ask eachother about the weekend
I go to class and turn in my homework
expecting my teachers to tell me good job
But they dont, they only say stuff to the
bad kids who didnt turn in anything
So as I walk by my crush, I hear him say hi
I look up as my heart is pounding, but I slowly
put my head back down cuz he was talking 
to the girl behind me
Finally report cards come and mine gets tossed
aside with the 2 a's, 3 b's and 1 c and my
parents just have a talk with my brother about
how his grades need to improve or he'll never
get into college, he's the "smart child"
I guess that makes me the "dumb child" who's only
in college prep classes and passing them
Maybe if I join AP classes and fail them all I'll
finally be noticed
So after all that I take out the razor and
start making little marks on the top of my wrists and
showing them to people, who tell me 
"oh all you want is attention"  
YES! you finally understand
But then they just look at me in disgust
and keep ignoring my existence
I dont know what to do anymore
you can only make stupid jokes and other
people laugh for so long
and then you get here
Where I am
I'm at the point where I dont see a future for myself
I used to be so afraid of death that Id have nightmares
But now it doesnt look as scary
I mean why be alive and miserable 
when I can be dead and resting peacefully?
I just dont think I could so it cuz I dont own
a gun and I dont have enough courage to do the 
slit the wrists bit, hmmm pills? nah, I hate swallowing
pills, plus if I go I want to go looking pretty
Hair done, make-up done, new outfit, nails done
I need a long good-bye note to a few special people
that actually have been there
I'd leave my funeral arrangements next to me
I want to be put in one of those wall thingys
I dont want to be buried
And absolutely no buring, i dont want to be a
bunch of stinky ashes
And I want one of those pastors with an accent
like the one at my great-grandma's funeral where
it sounded like he kept saying 
"tank you" instead of "thank you"
Then I think I'd get sad cuz theres so much
I havent done in my life that I want to do
I cant die now, id miss so much...

Reason for writing:

    I wrote this last year, i was having a horrible month! Im so much happier in my life now. I havent cut myself in like 9 months and i have great friends and family. Writing helps me now to get out my feelings, so i dont keep my anger or emotions bottled up anymore. I write, i get it out and then its over. This website has helped a lot too. I think its awesome! ~Sarah~    

Birth sign: Cancer
Date created: 2001-12-28 03:04:59
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:14
Poem ID: 66389

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