Appearance was perfect Nothing left, a Web of lies Alone yet never Nobody knew it Unknown, everyone struggling Mentally harmful Betray or study Completed both, almost died Forgiven at last
I wrote these Haikus a while ago and I realised I never posted them on my blog. The simple format of haikus really lets you understand the basic message and sometimes simple is best. There is beauty to be found in the bare and of course my first book based poems had to be on How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao.
No one understands you, No one cares about you, Everything hates you. No one likes you, No one wants to know about you, Everyone despises you, Those little thoughts Cause large accidents, Spiralling down, As shadows wrap Around and around The brain never stops A light laughter Can be seen as cruel, Harsh, ruthless, callous Just words and so is this. Anxiety, please stop.
Anxiety, please stop was written a couple months ago after an anxiety attack and it clearly explores something many people unfortunately go through with self-sabotaging thoughts. After I wrote I didn’t edit it that much since I thought it would be best to be left as it was giving it the property of how it felt in those moments.
I hope you enjoyed the poem and the simple structure of it, perhaps you might have found it relatable.
Enna Mari 