Cacophony
.
Shh shh
[It's going to be okay]
Except
It's not.
So why bother lying about it?
.
Sometimes she just wants to
d
r
o
w
n
But in a real sea, this time
Not her metaphorical one of
Sorrows
That }engulfs{ her with every breath
Every b*l*i*n*k
Every flash of LIFE before her eyes
(In other words, all the time)
.
Therapists, teachers, p-a-r-e-n-t-s
They all say the same. Thing.
"You're so beautiful, Dominique"
"Depression is curable, Dominique"
" Let us in , Dominique "
[To –help- you]
NO.
You're wrong.
I am not depressed
And even if I was
It would not be curable
Because then you'd still make me Miss
^Pretty^
Proficient
*Perfect*
Dominique Weasley
And what
YOU DON'T GET
Is that I'm trying to rrrrrruuuuuuuunnnnn
From that.
.
The problem with drowning, though,
Is the w-a-t-e-r
It's not that it scares her
…
No, really.
It's that to go in the water
She has to –look at it—
And in doing that
She must see her
(awful)
(hideous)
(disgraceful)
s-e-l-f
.
Shut up, everybody.
Be *quiet*
Your voices aren't helping the
Cacophony
In my mind.
I'm okay—
Really. I'll pinky |promise|
( Of course, my &fingers& will be crossed
Behind my back
But
It's still a promise
And it's the thought that counts,
right? )
.
Maybe she is a bit depressed
And maybe she does need help
Because otherwise, she'd have to be
BLIND
To not see her beauty
( and right now, she w-i-s-h-e-s
she was )
But that doesn't change anything.
Fact is different from belief.
Dominique will take care of this
ON HER OWN
thank you ]very[ much
.
I am (im)perfectly (un)happy
So don't worry.
Go away.
Let me be a teenager
Instead of the – darling – of the presses
This is natural, I'm sure, so
Let me REBEL
BE FREE
ESCAPE everything
& everyone
\including me/
.
Don't worry,
She handled it.
She got over her problem with
Water.
...
No idea what specifically inspired this, except I really wanted to write a free verse, and this is what came out. For clarification, the verses switch between Dominique's first-person point of view and a narrative perspective.
As for the ending, interpret it as you wish.
Hope you enjoyed (and I'd love for you to tell me if you did in a review)! :)
Thanks for reading,
Jo