My 13 Reasons

• Imogen Webster, Grade 12
• Poetry
• 2017

It’s Hannah.
No wait that’s me,
that’s me on the TV screen
since when was I the misfit of society?
Actors are paid to interpret the disease
that they didn’t know was inside of me.
This disease is breaking now on TV,
with people wishing,
“I want that to be me.”
But, why would you want to be broken like me?
Just to relate to what’s on the TV screen?
Broken things are easily put away,
but the thing that is broken is my brain.
My emotions are killing me every day,
but I put on a smile to keep these human demons away.
Some broken things can’t be fixed and cannot be played,
but why would you want to play when depression’s not a game?