Depersonalization (written by me, Jessika Albright)
(For you to fully understand this poem, you must know what depersonalization is. It’s an anxiety condition where one feels as though their life is a dream and nothing is real. It feels almost as if you’re watching yourself from outside your body. It’s a very depressing and scary illness)
Throw me a chain
Drag me back in
Stuck in a place,
A place so dim.
Drowning in fears,
Barely alive.
Disconnection.
Trying to strive.
I just wonder,
I wonder why,
Life feels unreal
Every last cry.
‘Guess you could say,
I’m a bit unhinged,
Lost in my mind,
I crack and cringe.
I dream awake,
I live asleep,
My life’s unreal,
Alone I weep.
Worries haunt me,
I get no break,
Stuck in this dream,
It all feels fake.
Trying to explain,
No use at all..
I feel stranded,
No one to call.
It’s unnoticed,
The state I’m in.
War of the mind,
Wearing so thin.
The question is,
Can it be cured?
The anxiety?
The brain that’s stirred?
Or am I stuck,
Living a dream.
An achey, lost,
Sad little thing.
Please, Light me some fire,
Lead to safety,
Bring me home to
Reality.