"Please, Help Me." - Hayley Rae Shaffer (La Costa Canyon High School, Eleventh Grade)
Mental illnesses will not have the capabilities
Of discretely destroying the lives of sufferers
When humans can immediately sense
The shameful demons which chronically ruminate within
Desperately leaving subtle hints to those around
Which illnesses permit are allowed
A safer way of combating incessant voices
Yet, go overlooked everyday
Through humans natural tendencies of self-absorption
In a world where mental illnesses are immediately sensed
Inadvertent pleas will be immediately read
When sufferers lips are stitched together with shame
Recipients will be able to sense their anguished screams within