Swimming in darkness, drowning in doubt <br />Knowing my life has been turned inside out <br />I'm wandering along in a world that is cold <br />Reliving all of my memories of old <br />I can't shake this feeling that the best was lost <br />I never imagined the height of this cost <br />Depression's black cloud hangs, huge and ominous <br />Sanity, now, just seems so amorphous <br />It seems I am lost in a world full of hate <br />Don't know what to do, unhappy with fate <br />My self-worth was shattered, my esteem now gone <br />Deep in my heart I know I'm not alone <br />But I feel that way, and it hurts me deeply <br />I can't understand why they treat me so cheaply <br />I can't seem to find an escape from the pain <br />Lost in this world, the people mundane <br />I just wish that everything could be clear <br />That I knew how to fight this adolescent fear <br />Until then I'll never know what life is about <br />I'm swimming in darkness, drowning in doubt.<br /><br />Elizabeth Sheaffer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/swimming-in-darkness-drowning-in-doubt/
