Journal+5-+Poem

what if you woke up one day and found out everything was a joke your emotions never existed and your soul was a cloud of smoke

what if you went walking one afternoon and realized everything was a lie your feelings were never felt and your mind always hides

what if you sat alone one holiday and remembered it was too late for things to be patched your mistakes were irreversible and you would never have a match

what if you were sitting one evening and tried to forget about everything you made yourself bleed and couldn't feel anything

what if you went to bed one night and considered death your body put in the ground and your one last given breath

but inside, if you have these thoughts, are you dead, or are you alive?

By Whitney [|Poem Link]

1. A teen is speaking. 2. It's an American poem written recently in Indiana. 3. The tone would be upset, wondering if life's real or not and if the mistakes she's made have effected her life completely and can never be reversed or forgotten. 4. The mood would be upset because she talks about whether her mistakes are reversible or not. Also, she considers dying in her bed at night, so that would make it more depressed. 5. I like the overall poem just because it's pretty deep. It talks about life, death, and not being able to control the past. 6. I can connect to the part about making mistakes because I've definately made my share of mistakes and I often wonder if I'm ever going to be able to get away from my past and forget about the bad decisions. 7. I think she wrote this poem in order to get her complete thoughts on paper. It's a really good poem and has so much emotion. 8. I guess its to other teenagers..?