When you were..
When you were..
When you were thirteen, you hid it
Because you were scared.
When you were fifteen, you hid it
Because you were ashamed.
When you were eighteen, you hid it
Because you didn't want to worry those who cared.
And now that you're twenty, you display it
Because you don't care anymore.
And as the cuts grow deeper
As they widen and flow
You are so lost on this road to nowhere
About this poem
About my struggles with the shame and stigma surrounding self harm throughout my teenage years.
Font size:
Written on January 17, 2023
Submitted by Bridgenslaurie18 on January 17, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 26 sec read
- 7 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BC BXBC BX AX X |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 391 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 4, 2, 2, 1 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"When you were.." Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/148879/when-you-were..>.
Discuss the poem When you were.. with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In