What about Us?

by Gianna Cabral

What about us?

The people who have rights, too.

The ones that are seen as invisible because we are too low for you.

We are the people who cannot speak our minds,

For all you do is speak, trample over us, and leave us behind.

What about us?

The people who cannot choose for ourselves on who we want to be.

The ones who have dreams but are afraid to pursue them because you make us feel like we are not free.

We are the people who are hurt and stuck in pain,

For all you do is trap us in sorrow and we cannot escape this gruesome game.

What about us?

The people who live in the shadows because we are ashamed of ourselves.

The ones who feel worthless and are put away hidden on shelves,

We are the people who do not see ourselves as beautiful,

For all you do is break us down into pieces until we are not our plain old selves.

What about us?

The people who are human beings, too.

The ones that are underestimated because we are not good enough for you.

We are the people who hide our secrets and who we really are,

For all you do is treat us like misfits who can easily be replaced and not go far.

Depression by Gianna Cabral

Depression sweeps you under its hollow wings so tight

that the pressure makes it impossible to breathe.

If you aren’t cautious enough, it will catch you by surprise

and leave you fearing for your life.

Be careful not to get tangled and entwined because depression will pull your wobbly feet

right from underneath the weight of your frail and fragile figure.

Once it snatches you in its arms, it will drag you to the darkness

and hold you prisoner until you give in and give up everything you've once known.

If you're being tugged down beneath the ground, but still somehow manage to breathe,

No matter how painful,

No matter how far into hell, you have no choice but to just keep going.

All you can do is hope that one day you finally reach the surface and are able to obtain the light,

Or maybe you reach the day darkness pulls you in an undertow and claims you into the night.