Why?

By: Depression Poems

I put up my hair. It hurts.

   Why am I not good enough?

I wear my high tops that blister my feet.

    Why am I not good enough?

I wear makeup. My breakout is worse.

        Why am I not good enough?

I wear my leggings too tight.

        Why am I not good enough?

l can’t be myself. I dye my hair

      WHY AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH?

We can’t be good enough.

         So we won’t be.

 Why even try anymore?

 Bullies everywhere.

Pushing and shoving our personas.

  We have to change to be her friend… to be “popular”

  Why am I not good enough?

    Why are we not good enough?

          I know why…

          Because we believed them when they said we were       ugly.

           And now, because of them… we arent the same