Pen and Ink The Lawrentian – The Lawrentian

Content Warning Mentions of and Allusions to Depression and Suicide

With it being Mental Health Awareness Month, it has become a time filled with many difficult discussions. Talking about mental health is never easy, whether it be because the topics themselves are triggering or because opening up about ones inner thoughts is easier said than done. When I wrote this poem originally in middle school, I truly didnt understand the complexity of mental health at the time; I was mainly focused on this notion of comparing the idea of gravity with that of suicide and depression. During my poetry class I decided to revisit this poem and tweak it until this middle school thought was fully fleshed out. As it covers a rather sensitive subject, please dont read this lightly.

Gravity

I see you lost your sense of gravity.

There were no farewell speeches, nor bidding

adieu, just a missed call or two,

it rang

and rang

but since when does that end in tragedy?

Youre more like a doll, now not quite Barbie,

but this model comes with scars from cutting

away the string that held you down. Theres nothing included

to provide immortality.

Youve left me behind, just like you used to:

Like at prom, my last soccer game, or that night

when we almost got matching tattoos

with our initials engraved in our thighs.

Now Im standing here

in this crowded room

with those you left behind this year,

who glance around to affirm

that they still have a tight grip on their

sense of gravity.

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