Insecurities get the best of some. I'm afraid I'm one. We can waste a lot of time feeling insecure. Trust me, life doesn't have to be so gray.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems - Depression and Suicide Poems

Alone Again
Four o'clock in the morning
Afraid to open my eyes
Another day of grief,
A day of fear.
All alone I feel.
I try to justify all the pain,
All of this guilt before my eyes.
Another day of confusion,
A day of wondering.
Is it ever just going to go away?
All this pain that I feel,
And all this anger, is it going to stay?

Ten o'clock in the evening,
Afraid of the nightmares.
Again my breathing stops.
All I can do is stare into the night.
What is it that causes this feeling?
Another night of crying,
A night of hiding,
Alone once again.
My heart feels empty,
And I can't cry another tear.
Another day wasted on insecurity,
A day of wonder.
Is this ever going to end?
113 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • kunal
    tears rolled down from my eyes when i read this poem. I so sympathize with the emotions expressed in your poem.
  • vickie
    It the way I feel this and still am depresse and I feel emepty! so I like this poems and hope all well
  • Amanda
    omg thank you for writing this poem this is exactly how i feel. for i am filled with anger and pain, and i do cry myself to sleep. i have struggled with cutting and still am i only wish i cou7ld get help before it is to late for me. this poem is so much like me i have printed it off and shared it with my school councler. THANK YOU!
  • nat
    this is a gr8 poem xx
  • jesska
    Omg this poem WOW it was just awesome as i cant belive how well you have done aye well i know something and i knwo that it was brilliant and it made me feel liek iw asnt alone for that whole second in a half and i would really love to hear soem toher poemss that you have to share if ouy have any others lolz
  • ME
    This poem shocked me it is what i go through every day and night the fear of it never ending i suffer from panic disorder and much more and i feel so alone this poem is me to a T.
  • Saul
    I thought this was a very touching poem. I feel exactly like this everyday. So that's why I really liked it. GREAT JOB!
  • paige
    shellie- you have told my story this is how i feel every day. thank you for writing this poem it has not lonly touched my heart it tells me im not alone and alot of other people feel the same way keep up the great work!
  • TJ
    This poem related to me in so many ways, when i broke up with my best friend. I was so alone so depressed, so cold each day was another day of hiding the grieve and fear i felt inside and my nights were filled with crying. crying in the dark unable to get to sleep until the early hours of the morning, until i had cried myself out so much my eyes stung. then i would have to get up and get ready for school. breaking up with my bestie was worse than losing someone through death because i had to see her at school. Only my sister who has suffered depression before understood how i felt. My parents thought i was just being a hormonal teenager, but my sister knew it was beyond that, this poem was exactly the way i felt, thank you for an excellent poem
  • kaitlyn
    This poem really touched my heart and i no everyone sayd that about a poem but this one really meant something to me i'v been goingt hrough a really hard time with my family and i'v lost some really important people to me this poem says exactly how I feel every day waking up and knowing its going to be just another day that i must sufer through trying to hide the pain and anger. thank you soo much for this great peom it means alot
  • Binni
    This was a good poem.
  • cheyenne
    I LOVE THE FEELING THAT I AM NOT ALONE. IF YOU EVER NEED SOME ONE THERE IS A PERSON WILLING TO LISTEN.
  • Sammi
    omg! this is the best poem i have heard in ages! it is so real!
  • Jami
    This is a really good poem. It describs excately how i feel. Keep up the good work
  • Iva
    i know how that feels i go through it almost every day
  • nightingale
    I completely understand how you feel waking up and feelking disappointment that your still here to face a stressful day, but you shudn't feel this way, your sooooo worth it , i luved your poem.
  • michaela
    that was a awsome poem very clear and to the poin i think u should be pro i love it
  • juanita
    it describes exasctly how i am feeling right now, i like it.
  • lele
    this poem is good i will gave it 9
  • sonja
    hey i feel you this is just like me i cry all the time at night because i have no one to lean on and i have no one to talk to about my feelings.
  • sad
    i cry at night, and this poem touched me so hard its amazing. its beautiful and makes me feel not alone for just a second
  • Nicci
    This poem was really good! YOu put feelings in to words that hardly anyone else can. GOod JOb!
  • Liyana
    It's straightforward. U dont have 2 read it a few times to get the underline meanings. The language is subtle yet expresses the anger of the poet well. Wish I can write like this. Yeah, im so confused and mad and I dont know how 2 let it out. duh! im not even sure why im feeling this way.
  • Regina
    This is how i feel.
  • alex
    it smells like roses and it helped me a lot not to be sad.
  • travis
    that was good. i understand how u feel hang in there.
  • Cori
    Its really good i write poems but i would never think of this one. Good Job
  • Brandie
    This poem hit me because it is just like my life, I'm afraid to wake up in the morning, I hate going out of the security of my room.
  • Jessica
    I really was touched by this poem. I just want to say that i hope you feel better Shellie and that things will get better it time.
  • Abby
    I couldn't have described what I am going through better than you did. You go girl! How uplifting is it to know there are others who actually exprience despair like me.
  • tony
    this was good and to the point and can relate to every last word. my life is bad and my heart is battered and it seems to me that i dont really matter. loved the poem
  • Kadie
    your poem is incredible. i know this feeling all too well. i used to be really depressed, although doing much better now:) its nice to know some people go through the same things as i do. thank-you, you've touched me. and keep writting. xo kadie
  • ilona
    ey gud poem it was tuchin and i hope u get rid of ur pain . it must be hard but i no u can get threw it if u try .
  • dan
    A fine poem, simple and clear, I feel like someone has jolted down my thoughts.
  • Kim
    I liked the poem and you got some talent and i thank you have many more in your mind.
  • Briana
    I FELT THIS POEM SO MUCH! BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE I KNOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT THAT. BUT A FRIEND OF MINE LEFT A YEAR AGO AND I FEEL THE PAIN STILL TO THIS DAY, THAT PERSON WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
  • Nancy
    ITS VERY GOOD I CAN RELATE I REALLY LIKED IT
  • Dom
    Its a touching poem, has alot of emotion behind it. For me i can relate to personal expierineces and its a really good poem showing how someone in that sort of situation may feel. Thumbs up to you!
  • Leanne
    This soooo describes me. I love it
  • michelle
    i think that this poem sound great. it reminds me of myself. when i'm alone.
  • DoP
    This is amaizing. I cant even begin to describe how close it hits to home. I have to say it pulle dme through a rough spot in my life. Thanks
  • Pamela
    It explains exactly how i am feeling
  • Barbara
    Wonderful! It is like you read my heart!
  • megan
    This poem is really touching. Thank you for sharing it with me and the rest of the world!
  • Chris
    THIS POEM TOUCHED MY HEART AND I CANT FORGET ABOUT IT!
  • V
    You've explained my present life.
  • katasha
    i feel like that alot
  • Punk
    AGAIN everything i feel inside this one was more of me and it just took me to again hear it from someone else. words can't explain how i feel for this.
  • Samantha M.
    This poem makes me want to cry cause I feel that way at this exact moment. i just want to float away.
  • annette
    i loved this poem. i can really relate to this poem
  • mary
    oh my gosh it touched me in so many ways i read it to my mom!
  • Eva
    Absolutley touching. beautilful work
  • alone
    Very accurate in the way I feel thank you for showing me im not the only one alone, when will this life end
  • sagai
    man this is an awesome poem because i have also lost my girlfriend and i do feel the same. good man u did it. take care of your self man
  • felicia
    i know how u feel. i wake up. and everything feels empty even though there are people there and things to do. i cant bring myself to face another most times. u have talent. dont lose it. thanks for letting me know there is someone else out there like me
  • asra
    It touched my heart. I get simila feelings
  • Vicky
    that is EXACTLY how i feel every morning and every night. good job its a GREAT poem!
  • Caitlin
    I love this poem, this is how I feel alot and I'm glad someone wrote this :) It was perfect
  • Jennifer
    WoW thaT is exactly how i feel i relate to that exactly! this is great dont stop writing!
  • Catherine
    Wow that was good! I wish I could write something like that.
  • shaz
    really good it reatlets 2 me im scared 2 sleep and 2 wake up
  • kate
    This states exacly the truth
  • summer
    WOW! I love your poem. It feels like u wrote it for me, it fits me so perfectly.
  • Mike
    WHOA!THAT DEEP. LOVE THE POEM. FEEL LIKE THAT EVER SINGLE DAY
  • tasha
    i think its exlant! i can really realte to it and im only 14 my mum died wen i was 11 and since then ive been feelin a bit down all yhe time. i dont think she really cared 4 me but im not going to go in to all that cuz im sure you dont wanna know. really gud 10/10
  • melissa
    wow! this poem almost got me to tears. itz so true itz exactly how i feel. all this questions also go on in my head,and yet have i found no answer. i am still wondering but as for you KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
  • Sherry
    I really like this poems because it expresses how i feel right now. it is a great poem and i hope that you wright more like it. i have been trying to find a way to express how i am feeling right now to myself and even unto others and now i have found it thank you so much for writing this poem. KEEP IT UP! :)
  • Maggie
    This is a great poem. exactly how i feel. I want to get better and be a better person. Not that I am not a good person now. because I am. Im just lost. Thank you for the inspiration.
  • Reesespieces
    The poem has a lot of depth to it. It really shouts out to the world it a "HELP ME" kind of way, and it shows people what others really feel sometimes. Keep up the wondeful work. I hope people get the message.
  • Kelly
    You captured exactly how I feel every morning and every night. I dont want to face the world, and I never knew how to put my feelings into words. You did it beautifully. Its nice to know someone else out there feels the same as me.
  • Sophie
    Your poem was really good, i really related to what you were saying . And your not alone with these emotions that your feeling.
  • maree
    i love ur poem sweety.
  • niki
    The poem was great i lets you know that you are not the only one that feels that way.
  • Elise
    THIS POEM IS SO GREAT IT IS THE TRUEST POEM I HAVE READ DUDE I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL KEEP WRITING YOUR GGGRRRREEEAAATTTT
  • likebananas
    thats an awsome picture. i can totally feel it. Feel excatly like thta! Really touchhing
  • lisa
    the poem alone again. explain's everything in how i feel. just so alone. and it might sound funny. but poem's like that makes me feel every day a bit better . knowing im not alone going thru this. so the poem's are inportant to me. keep up the good work and thank you for having poem's like that
  • gill
    wow. I LOVE THIS POEM. it's excellent and i can fully relate to it. I love reading your poetry becuase it helps me realize im not the only one in the world who feels this way. keep writing, your great.
  • Brad
    well i doubt your actually going to read this because im not sure when the poem was put out, but im a guy and it's not often a guy will cry, and this poem expressed every feeling i've ever had i've used your poem on more then one occasion to show my friends how im feeling because i can't put it into words it helps them understand whats ticking in my head, im very glad i stumbled accross this website and this poem thank you, you really touched my heart
  • Jean
    You must have written this poem for me!
  • Marie
    i loved your poem. it helps me to no that they'er other peeps out there going through what i go throu. keep up the good work
  • nikki
    i loved the poem. it described my feelings to a T.
  • renee
    its a very touchin poem i can totaly relate thanx 4 writin it
  • YOLANDA
    I THOUGHT THE POEMS WAS REALLY GOOD CUZ THATS THE SAME WAY I FELL JUST ABOUT EVERYDAY, I I BET THAT'S THE WAY OTHER PEOPLE ARE AS WELL. THATS WHAT MAKES ME LIKE IT VERY MUCH.
  • Karel
    I know what you feel, it feels like the entire world is against you, and no one cares
  • Red
    This poem is one I can 100% relate to,every word I can relate to due to the fact that Love has turned out bad in my life or not the way I expected it to,Shellie has wriiten a class piece of poetry
  • daffney
    i like it very much i feel the same way
  • Christine
    I like this poem because i can relate to it.thanks for writing it
  • Leah
    This poem says everything I am feeling inside.
  • Megan
    This Poem Explains my life day after day. Thanxs for writin it. I loved it.
  • Amanda
    For the first time in 2 years I finally understand what depression is. I thought I was going crazy but you made me realise that depression is very real. Thank you for letting me know that I am not the only one out there that feels like this.It bought tears to my eyes as I read it. Thank you for understanding me.
  • Jon
    This is so my life, like you've taken the words right out of my hand. nice poem
  • melanie
    I really can relate to this poem. I find my self in these situations all the time, Just last night, i cryed myself to sleep wondering when is this loneliness ever going to end. Sometimes i feel like giving up but i know i can't. Good poem
  • Megan
    You hit the nail right on the head. This poem was heart throbbing and it's a feeling only a select few feel. Lovely work!
  • Eman
    It's wonderfull to express what you feel. Cause other people feel the same and can't express themselves as you do. Please write more.
  • Elisa
    this poetry was so sad, that I started to cry.
  • Jennifer
    This was deep and a memory. It is a great poem.
  • MARTIE
    I loved this poem, it is exactly as i feel right now, like my life was taken from me. Keep writing!
  • Leandra
    It's so real
  • Cassie
    This is an excellent poem, it describes everything that I feel and think. I'm happy that I'm not the only one that has ever felt this way..... Thank you.
  • ALaina
    THat was very good, I really liked that, I can really relate to that! I commend you
  • michelle
    Shellie,of all the poems I have read here and your poem really touched my heart,I have gone through depression myself and was admitted into a hospital for it and it is a hard thing to deal with but reading other peoples stories, poems etc. let's me know that I am not alone. e-mail sometime and lets talk....
  • Susie
    WOW! This poem says everything. It describes how I feel so very well.
  • bry'ale
    THIS MASTER PIECEIS SO BECAUSE AT THE SIGHT OF THE TITLE I BEGAN TO CRY,WONDERING IT WASINT SO BAD WOULD I STILL CRY
  • SAHMIRA
    I really think this was a great poem. Sometimes we all go through a time where we feel this way. I felt this was a wonderful poem!
  • Sherri
    I would just like to say; this was a very touching poem. It made me feel like someone had read my mind.
  • Angie
    Very touching and real. Beautifully written.
  • Shelley
    I really like the poem. It seems like me almost. i wake up and i never know what's going to happen. I have a lot of fear in me and i really like the poem so i am going to vote for it
  • mollie
    i think it's bad thing to say that i liked this poem because it's a sad thing but i really do like it because it is exactly how i feel and i can finally relate to someone even if i don't know them. i know that there is someone else out there feeling the same way i do.
  • Chad
    I love this poem, its really good it gave me something to identify with
  • charles
    Very good
  • Bobbi
    Thank you for writing this poem . I really appreciate it. This poem explains my life from day to day. This is exactly how i feel!
  • stacey
    This poem says everything I've been going through for the past three years and it helps to know others are out there with the exact same feelings.Thanks for sharing your poem.it has helped!
  • Tone
    This poem is the best I've ever read. It reminds me of myself. Wish it didn't.

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