Hathaway Lennings Poet Free verse

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do you ever
wish
that there was 
someone 
that knew you

that there was
someone who knew 
the pain
behind the
smile
the depression 
behind
the happy

the people 
who make
assumptions
are the people 
that you can’t
trust

it hurts more 
when someone 
gets to know you
but doesn’t realize 
the small hints
that you’re 
not okay
that your hurting
on the inside
or that you
hide your feelings
so that the others
think you are someone else
other than a depressed 
little nothing
who spills all their 
feeling to the ones that 
they feel comfortable with
and onto a page

it gets to the point 
where the page 
is the only thing
that helps numb 
the pain 

the best feeling is when 
the page listens 
it tells you 
that its 
going to be okay
that it is there
when you need it
the privacy 
of your feelings
kept safe
from the rest of 
the world

it tells you that
that weight 
on your shoulders 
can be lifted off 
and instead 
be put 
onto the page
for you 
to feel better 
and for 
you 
to feel
relief

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