TINA DAE - POEMS

Tina Dae is a native of Florida. When she's not writing, you can catch her reading some of her favorite books, binge-watching Netflix or practicing her calligraphy.  She has been writing since she was 11 years old and her love for it has only expanded as she had grown over the years.  Right now, writing is just a fun hobby for her, but she would love to publish her own poetry book one day. You can follow her at @wordsofawhisperer. 

Depression 
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​Depression doesn’t knock on your door
Politely asking if it can come in
It creeps on you without warning
Like a predator stalking its prey
Viciously barging into your home
As it disrupts your peace inside
It’s an unwanted guest
Overstaying its welcome
Hoping you won’t mind
The damage it leaves  
Depression doesn’t just
Inhabit one single place
It moves in silence
Searching for its next victim
To happily reside where
Loneliness thrives
 

Enigma
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​I was born a walking contradiction
Destined to be misunderstood by others
I am quiet in places where I should be loud
Shaking the ground so it caves and swallows in
But I am also loud in places I struggle to be quiet
Breaking the walls before listening to their stories
I blend myself to fit into places where I don't belong
And I belong in places where I cannot blend
I'm the puzzle piece you can't quite figure out
But you hope to come back to someday
I hide in plain sight but come alive behind closed doors
I am difficult to figure out, a perplexing individual
I am an enigma, a mystery you can never solve
 

How Do I?
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​How do I ask my mind to shut off?
How do I tell her "Enough"?
How do I ask my mind to leave me alone
when her very essence is to control my life?
She bothers me when I want to sleep,
I'm restless, wrestling with the thoughts and
uncertainties that I cannot put to bed
My bad days become her vice
My good days become her stomping ground
I'm a prisoner of my own mind
The feeling of constantly running away
but not knowing what you are running from
Always thinking the worst
but never really knowing why
My heart dancing inside my chest
bouncing off the walls while
I lay perfectly still
The incessant crying that drowns me
in a sea of endless fears
She calms down when she wants to,
but she never truly goes away
I always feel the storm coming
but I never know how hard it will rain
 

Fire
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​You’ve been burning fire for far too long, my dear
Aren’t you afraid of what this will do?
What you thought would keep the hurt out
Is growing inside while slowly killing you
Is your heart not scorched by those raging flames
You feel compelled to emit lately?
Does your skin not recoil in disgust and fear
When being kissed by a thousand suns daily?
Has the smoke clouded your wild eyes
To create the appearance of illusions?
Or did you truly destroy every good thing
As your final act of retribution?
Your birthright is not this agony you bear
But you feel like that’s all you’ll ever know
You’ll find the strength to quench your flames
And plant new seeds to help you grow
Remove those ashes that colored your starry eyes
So you can walk to your rightful place
Because when a true queen has fallen down
She rises again with dignity and grace