I Felt You Die Today 

                             

                                                  I felt you die today.

                              I felt your heart stop beating

                                And I saw the same thing 

                                  You saw in my eyes,       

                                     A broken soul,     

                                 I felt you die today.       

                           I felt hopelessness puncture 

                                        Your heart 

                               And I felt the demons 

                              Take control of a mind 

                                    That used to be 

                              So strong and brave,

                                I felt you die today. 

                     Your lungs collapsed and your chest    

                                Became so hollow full 

                                Of pain and suffering, 

                                 I felt you die today. 

                               I felt your spirit shatter 

                               And mine broke right 

                                  There with you, 

                               I felt you die today. 

  

                                                                         Chelsea Sumner 

                                 

                                 

     Depression       

This past school year I've been through

A lot of pain

Doctor’s start telling me

I was going through

This thing so called

Depression.

Depression to me is

A side effect of dying

I started feeling like

I was drowning

The pain killers

Wasn’t helping at first

But old habits die hard

Until I’ve taken

One, two, three

Four too many

Triple dosing this time

Then tomorrow

Stomach pains

Headaches

Pain killers help at first

This thing so called

Depression. 

                                                                                                                                                               
                                             

                                                               -Chelsea Sumner

 A Queen Like Me 

                                         

 A Queen like me is

Stronger and Wiser

Than who I use to

Be.

The pain I endured

Made me

WHO I AM.

I Am a

Brown skinned

Black is beautiful

Queen. 

With short naturally

Curly hair

Like my sister

 Miss Lupita.

  I have the

 Golden touch

But my intelligence

Is even

Greater.

A Queen like me isn’t

Perfect.

But my values are

Worth It.

 And my potentials are

Endless.

A Queen like me learned

How to love myself

Unconditionally.

Because I am a

QUEEN.

                                                                       -Chelsea Sumner