POEM STARTER
'Backwards'
Use this single word to inspire a poem.
Sting
Backwards
Backwards is all I feel
“It will get better”
“Let the meds kick in”
No
It’s not getting better
It’s getting worse
I’m sitting crying in my room while you tell me to simply ignore it or whatever you’re trying to say
This isn’t even a poem at this point it’s a vent
Because I’m so fucking sick of everyone telling me it will get better
It won’t
So stop
Stop letting me know your story
You story isn’t mine mom
My story is different not worse or better
But I don’t need to hear yours constantly
Your not the victim right now
Neither am I
I’m just a corpse at the bottom of the ocean
Drowned by the doctors
Drowned by falling
Falling
Falling backwards