Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.188.77.32
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Why do you always look at me With that question in your eyes The one that always wonders How come you never try Why can’t you just go exercise Your face is filled with doubt You shake your head and wonder What do you have to be depressed about You have a job You have wealth You have a family You have your health Go watch a funny movie Or read a funny book Change your way of thinking Clean your house or cook Lace up your dusty sneakers Go walk around the lake I’m sure to God you will feel better If my advice you would only take I have a lot of patience For you my dearest friend A lack of understanding Makes it hard to comprehend It’s not a way of thinking It doesn’t come from any place The loss of feeling in my life Takes up a gigantic space The things that you find so easy Are the things that make me blue To ask me to forget that I am sad Is liking asking me to remember someone I never knew It’s not a situation It’s not anything I control It’s not my choice to wake up Trapped in this black hole Sometimes my thoughts are anxious Sometimes my heart is faint The color of distress in my body I will never be able to paint Sometimes it’s hard to breathe Sometimes it’s all a test Sometimes it’s hard to hold the hand Of the person you love the best Some days feel like a battle Some days feel like a chore Some days you stop to wonder Will I ever win this war So as you read this poem My sneakers I will take And I will force my body To walk around the lake I will have a beautiful smile For everyone I meet I will look them in the eyes And never miss a beat No one will be the wiser No one will think I am sappy I will leave them all wondering Why is she so happy? So the next time that you look at me With that question in your eyes Think to yourself I am happy for her Look how hard she tries
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required