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Please Fix Me? I'm Dying.

January 28, 2013
By Anonymous

There's a tree over there
Standing alone in a field.
She's dying.
Branches are falling,
Bark stripped off, infested by termites and ants.
Her arms are sickly twisted,
They are reaching out for help,
But there is none to be given;
There is no care.
Our race is deranged, leaving the aging trunk to drown
In her own sorrows and contours of death.
It's nearing the dark,
The sun is escaping the warmth of the sky,
Fleeing the crude looks of her heart.
But one can understand such blunt reactions,
Of course.
There is no hope for her mad, disturbed face.
No creature dares to take a step
In her solemn direction.
There are gouges and scrapes and scratches and such;
Who could defy the approval of society?
The permission, the recognition of acceptance.
What single person would,
Flourish oneself in such shame and adversity?
Who?
She's dying.
She's crying inside those broken limbs.
Her gashes need filling;
Lacerations need sewing up.
Silence must be occupied by some other form of sound.
A lullaby maybe, or some cheerful tune,
A sweet melody of happiness?
She needs sanction, a sincere place to hide,
But where is there to go in such a barren location?
No where.
Yet her roots are tearing out of the ground
Ready to make a dash for it
To forever disappear.
For isn't that what humanity rules?
The insane are left on that eerie ground,
To be stared at as if an attraction, some kind of show.
Young ones point at her, asking why there is no beauty?
Why only is there death?
She's dying.
Soon enough her anchor is lifted,
And she collapses to the ground,
But there is no one there, not anymore
To watch and point and stare as she withers away.
She is forgotten,
Just as they all are.
And an innocent sapling takes her place
In that lonely terrain.
Only to be eyed by the ever judging world
And to be assaulted
And suffocate under the weight of disparagement.
She too will disintegrate;
She will be starved of acknowledgement
Of any form.
And will be pushed to death,
Just the same as the last.
She will be forgotten; they all are.
They are all dying,
Not just her.


The author's comments:
This is from my own experience. I was tormented, I was pushed to my limits, I gave up and was almost gone. I have almost disappeared. But I didn't and our society needs to realize that people can't keep treating other people like they are a show or something to stare at just because they are different. Sometimes they just want a friend, but sometimes there is no one there, and then what do they do?

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on Feb. 4 2013 at 12:56 pm
Quinntessa PLATINUM, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.<br /> - Henry Kissinger

Oh thank you! Yes I'm a bit wordy with most of my writing. Ill work on that :) thanks for the input

on Feb. 2 2013 at 7:02 pm
Lightmountain BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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a bit wordy at times, but i love the idea and picture of it. i love trees in general and the message is good. good work :)