One thing you must know about me is that I am one of those college students who is overly obsessed with slam poetry. It makes me feel deep and gives me something to cry along with when I'm having a bad night. So tonight, I'd like to take you on a tour of my favorite poems, and hopefully you'll become a sobbing pile of fake depth with me.

1. "When The Fat Girl Gets Skinny" by Blythe Baird

(tw: eating disorders)

"So how lucky it is now to be boring-the way that not going to the hospital is boring"

2. "Art Class" by Rhiannon McGavin

" I had so much experience dressing quickly and keeping my eyes on the ground in the locker room, but this girl made me understand why they say “pretty as a painting”."

3. "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" by Sabrina Benaim

(tw:depression, suicide)

"Mom says happy is a decision, but my happy is as hollow as a pin pricked egg. My happy is a high fever that will break."

4. "Dear Straight People" by Denice Frohman

"Dear queer young girl: I see you."

5. "Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls With Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair" by Jeanann Verlee

(tw: domestic abuse, sexual assault)

"When your mother hits you, do not strike back"

6. "Anxiety Group" by Catalina Ferro

"You can’t be this afraid of losing everything if you don’t love everything first, because you have to have a soul-crushing hope that things will get better to be this afraid of missing it."

7. "How to Succeed At Heartbreak" by Victoria Morgan

"Heartbreak is not about being okay. It’s about remembering that you were okay before"

8. "The Future" by Neil Hilborn

(tw: violence, suicide)

"I think a lot about killing myself, not like a point on a map but like a glowing exit sign at a show that has never been bad enough for me to leave"