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Antidepressants: Safe Haven or Dangerous Hell?

June 17, 2014
By SabrinaFaire SILVER, Odenville, Alabama
SabrinaFaire SILVER, Odenville, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You aren't going to impose the patriarchal paradigm on ME." Alaska Young


Full art memoirs, empty thou heart.
Light exterior; interior, dark.
Mind is spinning; head, backtracking.
Heart is pounding, but thy pain, why lacking?

Throb of thy head; ringing of ears.
Races of hearts, thy lingering of fears.
Eyes do not well, pain is figured extinct;
Thou perceive in your fantasies as though thou lacking a link.

Appears as miracle,
however, taken quite literal,
'no pain' echoes of bliss,
til thou feels to be entrapped in a
blank abyss.


The author's comments:
You see commercials on television and ads on the internet. But what does artificial happiness really feel like? Pure bliss, or blank abyss?

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on Jul. 12 2014 at 9:01 pm
malloryryan07 BRONZE, Brookwood, Alabama
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Great poem! I love the way you used certain words to give the poem a gloomy feel yet you managed to give it a really unique vibe

on Jul. 11 2014 at 10:36 pm
sarahcarp63 DIAMOND, Denver, Colorado
51 articles 2 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;The really important people in life have a way of coming back to you&#039;<br /> &#039;Good enough isn&#039;t good enough&#039;<br /> &#039;You don&#039;t have to be sick to get better&#039;<br /> &#039;Come what may and love it&#039;

This is so relatable

on Jul. 11 2014 at 12:03 pm
Ariel_Fluffyy SILVER, Los Angeles, California
7 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You May Encounter Many Defeats But You Must Not Be Defeated&quot; By- Dr. Maya Angelou

I really like this! Great Job!!!

on Jul. 10 2014 at 12:15 pm
WritinGirl PLATINUM, DeKalb, Illinois
20 articles 0 photos 78 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.&rdquo; ~Maya Angelou

nice job! I am impressed...keep it up!

on Jul. 8 2014 at 11:34 am
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

Nice one! I really LOVED the topic and the truth, along with the author's note. Please keep writing!

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on Jun. 29 2014 at 3:40 pm
lydia.w GOLD, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
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I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean...<br /> And if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&#039;d be lying...<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

Nice format and word choice. I that you had this idea, this is really good!

on Jun. 29 2014 at 9:28 am
Anna141 PLATINUM, Yarmouth, Maine
23 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.&quot;<br /> <br /> Auth

This poem is really intriguing!

on Jun. 27 2014 at 7:07 pm
Vallichor SILVER, Bloomington, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everyone goes through hardships, we just have different stories.

Very unique! I was pleasantly surprised by your word choice.

on Jun. 27 2014 at 9:54 am
giraffe777 BRONZE, Oakdale, Minnesota
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This is so good! I like your word choice.

on Jun. 27 2014 at 9:48 am
Sissybug2012 PLATINUM, Union, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;the greatest thing you&#039;ll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.&quot; -MOULIN ROUGE (song lyrics)

Interesting    

on Jun. 26 2014 at 2:21 pm
MissExploration BRONZE, Vancouver, Washington
1 article 0 photos 112 comments

Favorite Quote:
It Can Only Fly When It Needs To.

I like the style of this poem- the way you used the colons and commas. 

on Jun. 26 2014 at 12:49 pm
WOWriting SILVER, Broadstairs, Other
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i agree, i also love this and the way it's written :) like the rhyming a lot too

HudaZav SILVER said...
on Jun. 23 2014 at 5:49 pm
HudaZav SILVER, Toronto, Other
8 articles 6 photos 390 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing is impossible; the word itself says &#039;I&#039;m possible&#039;!&quot; -Audrey Hepburn

I absolutely love this and the underlying message.  Amazing work!

on Jun. 22 2014 at 10:41 pm
SabrinaFaire SILVER, Odenville, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You aren&#039;t going to impose the patriarchal paradigm on ME.&quot; Alaska Young

Thank you so much for the criticism!

on Jun. 22 2014 at 9:16 pm
Luv4Ever SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 199 comments

Favorite Quote:
A miracle is just another name for hard work<br /> -Minho in &quot;To The Beautiful You&quot;

once again beautifully written aside from a few meter issues. keep up the good work^^