Poem About Depression ( Archived) (18)

Yes yes, Its sad and depressing I know ^_^ I wrote this when i was 16 and I was having a really hard time with depression.. my family didn't seem to get depression.. they just kept telling me to cheer up and didnt look much more into it.. So I wrote this poem as an outlet for my feelings and to kind of explain to someone who's never been there.. what depression is like. Its the only poem I've ever written, and no it doesn't rhyme.. but it was good therapy, and I like it- and that's all that matters right?

I'm a much happier person now i'm happy to report ^_^

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The Place That I Go

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Gone again I am to my forbidden silence;
Into the darkness, the lonely sorrow-
that place where defeated,
man will lie to await the next step
in the story line that details his triumphs and failures
from the beginning of his first breath,
till the last leaves him.

It is a darkness that spans all time and space,
Each time I leave that place
it remains in my memories,
a distant calling I once followed that reaches out to me
to capture my soul and my emotions,
to cast them down and turn them black,
uncaring, hateful.

When I am there
there is no sound that leaves my lips
that is not disdainful, hurtful, full of pain
there is no action that i take
that is not uncaring, angry, drowning in self pity
The ugly abyss of tainted water
that leaves it's stench on all it touches
and can never be washed off,
can never be escaped.

This is the darkness,
the place I am left to
when i let that frown pull at my lips
when my eyes gaze off into another place
when i stop responding to the world around me...
i fall into that darknesss and let it claim me
let it creep and writhe its way into the core of everything that i am.
This is is the place that I go.

I'm with ya, girl!!

..You'll never have to look too hard to find me!!





..I'm right behind you,girl!!

lmao no worries *hugs!* Im not a very depressed person these days :D Infact, im prolly a lil bit too cheerful.

this is an awesome poem, so glad you are doing better, i keep a journal, i don't write in it everyday, but it helps me think when i have a problem, this is very good an d you should be proud of it.

Thank you for the kind comment ^_^ I started keeping a journal too and it really helped when I didn't have anyone to talk to.

Hmmm...very good work.

BTW...poetry doesn't have to rhyme to be poetry. It's all about rhythm and imagery. Good luck, and I'm glad you no longer stare into the abyss.


TET

In the past.........




....get my drift?!?!

Hey Trace!!

How are you,brother????

Fair to partly cloudy.

Things would be better if I were independently wealthy, but that just doesn't happen to poets.

How 'bout you, dan?