«Sometimes I wish I could escape my mind.» — Summary

Sometimes I wish I could escape my mind. Because my mind is driving me crazy. Every word it says make me feel less happy, less beautiful and most of all less worthy. I know I shouldn't listen to the voices in my mind, but there is that one voice that is telling me that maybe it's right what my head says. Maybe I am disgusting, Maybe I am a person that everybody hates, And maybe I am better of dead. So why not listen to my mind for once, Would I be better of dead? And most of all, would I be missed?

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Lisa varen's untitled poem is a raw, honest look at a mind that has become an enemy. The speaker wishes she could escape her own thoughts because they keep telling her she is ugly, unworthy and unhappy. She knows she shouldn't listen to these voices, but one of them has started to sound convincing.

The poem builds slowly. It begins with exhaustion ("driving me crazy"), then moves into self-hatred: disgusting, hated, better off dead. The short lines near the end feel like a spiral, each doubt leading to a darker one. The final question, "would I be missed?", is the most painful. It suggests that beneath the despair is a deep need to matter to someone.

The mood is heavy, lonely and quietly desperate. There is no resolution, just a question left hanging. That makes the poem feel unfinished in a way that is true to the feeling it describes. Anyone reading it should take its words seriously, as a sign of real pain.

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