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There's Still Sanity Among Insanity
September 18, 2014
You ask,
why do I cry?
Why don't I?
Do you want me
to wear a mask,
and fake it all?
And pretend
that the shattered
promises,
were never there?
Because I can;
that's what I've done
almost, all my life.
But I can't;
I can't do this
any longer.
Because they're there,
and I can't forget that.
is stained with tears,
and I feel like
that I'm too broken
to have feelings anymore;
so I buried myself,
beneath all the chaos,
thinking that I couldn't feel anymore.
How come I thought,
that I couldn't feel anymore?
When I'm obviously,
feeling something,
right now?
I'm human,
and I can't help
but feel and care,
even when I think,
"I can't. I'm too broken."
I laid my heart,
and forgot myself
as I tried
to lay inside
the broken fragments
of yesterday's tears.
I tried to forget it all,
but I couldn't help
but remember;
and so I remembered,
and finally found
sanity
among insanity.
© Katie C., Libertyville, IA
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This article has 17 comments.
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 19 2014 at 9:33 am
You're absolutely, welcome! Though, haha; I'm not sure what I am saying you're welcome for, haha. It should be me thanking you for commenting on my poem and my other poems. So, I thank you. :)
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my poem and that it moved and inspired you and made you think. :) It means a lot, to me. So, again; I thank you so much, my friend! :)
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my poem and that it moved and inspired you and made you think. :) It means a lot, to me. So, again; I thank you so much, my friend! :)
Nightingale74 PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 18 2014 at 9:31 pm
Oh my gosh, Emily this poem was so amazing and so beautiful and so incredibly deep. I loved your voice; it was quiet, yet very very powerful. And I loved the paradox you explored in this poem, of finding sanity in insanity...it really got me thinking. I was very moved and inspired by this poem, so thank you soooooooo much!!!!! :))))
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 18 2014 at 10:08 am
Aw, haha, thanks. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Thank you so much, for commenting! :)
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 17 2014 at 12:05 pm
Wow, this is extremely powerful and well written. Bravo, Emily! My favorite sentence was ,"... and so I remembered, and finally found sanity among insanity." Beautiful!
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 5 2014 at 7:22 pm
Thank you so much, Renda! :) I wasn't expecting anyone to comment on poem today, so you made my day happier! :) Thank you again, for encouraging and commenting! :)
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Nov. 5 2014 at 6:11 pm
Thank you, it means a lot. :) Also, I apologize for the late reply! :( Thank you, again!
Princess.Renda GOLD said...
on Nov. 5 2014 at 12:08 pm
Babe, that's powerful. I looooove it!! The story of my life right here. I love your 'hope' acronym too. Keep writing, love :)
districtredwolf GOLD said...
on Oct. 20 2014 at 6:06 pm
i can relate as well. it`s beautiful
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 13 2014 at 9:45 am
Also, sorry for the little or big mistake there, haha. :/ :) Thank you again, my friend. :)
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 13 2014 at 9:37 am
Aw, thank you. Haha, my poems are just my thoughts. Or to put in this way, my poems are just words that are dipped into my heart. :) And also, so true. I've noticed that people think that they can't feel, but really they can and they're doing it. Thank you so much, my friend. :)
Olivia-Atlet ELITE said...
on Oct. 13 2014 at 7:58 am
This is so beautiful! I love every word of it, I can totally relate to every line :) Sometimes we think that we can't feel, but in reality it'd the only thing we can do. Another amazing poem! 5 stars :D
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 1 2014 at 10:41 am
Oh. Haha, thank you, so much. :) I'm glad you like it. :) Thank you, again.
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 29 2014 at 10:12 am
Haha, thank you, Caramel. :) I'm sorry you got a little tripped up, when reading it. I've been making mistakes, that I've not noticed in my poems until I read them, after they're posted on Teen Ink. :/ :3 Haha, sorry. But I'm glad that you love it. And oh. Haha, no I didn't make the HOPE acronym. I saw in someone else's bio on on a music website, and I though I should share it with everyone. Thanks again. :)
Xena_Zionne GOLD said...
on Sep. 27 2014 at 9:04 pm
btw did you make that HOPE acronym? it awesome!!
Xena_Zionne GOLD said...
on Sep. 27 2014 at 9:03 pm
I was a little tripped up while reading but i went back into my trance when i saw "i buried myself beneath all the chaos thinking i couldn't feel anymore". Really powerful line to me. as always, i love it -Caramel Kisses
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 21 2014 at 3:56 pm
Hey, ya'll. There was a mistake in; one part of the poem was suppose to be, "The air is stained with tears, and I feel like
that I'm too broken
to have feelings anymore;
so I buried myself,
beneath all the chaos,
thinking that I couldn't feel anymore." Thank you all.
that I'm too broken
to have feelings anymore;
so I buried myself,
beneath all the chaos,
thinking that I couldn't feel anymore." Thank you all.
There's still sanity among insanity. Though, to most people, the sanity is "insanity" and the insanity is "sanity." Haha, I'm not sure if that makes sense, but I hope it does a little. This is similar to my article, "there's still hope." Keep on hoping ya'll; hope will always be here. You can forget if you want too, but I think we were all made to remember. Haha, does that make sense? (H.O.PE. - Hold.On.Pain.Ends.) I love you all. ^_^