Depression

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There comes a time when we stop trying to name and run away from our pain, and start taking control of it.

Depression

This is not a case of anger turned inward,
rather, it is the death of a beautiful bird.
When life falls apart, yet no sound is heard,
it’s like hearing a joke, with all the words slurred.

Watching lovers walking hand in hand,
across your chest tightens unbreakable bands.
All of your joy buried beneath tons of wet sand,
a fire that dies, no matter how hard it’s fanned.

Waves of regret crash down with a boom,
heartbeats resound like the call of your doom.
Stitching dark cloaks, like each weave of a loom,
to cover the windows of your lonely room.

Is there no way out of this hateful box,
each second a lifetime on life’s endless clock.
In a safe of hope will my soul I lock,
but a combination of pain will always knock.

Therapy, meds and friends sometimes work,
yet always this affliction is my patient clerk.
I know now within me this demon will lurk,
again it will pull me into it’s putrid murk.

Still, I persevere through all of this pain,
knowing not what it is that I’ll one day gain.
In my heart I know that I’m not insane,
for one day I’ll conquer this onerous bane.

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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

kalel’s Poems (28)

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Depression 0
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Invisible Children 0
My Muse is Pissing me Off 2
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Bitter Pill 3
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Killer Robots and Romance 1
Fear 1
How Much I Need You 1
Without You 0
Purified 0
When We Were Children 1
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Release 1
Like the Dying of Stars 2
After you are Gone 2
Drift Wood 1
Your Choice 2
Swimming Lessons 2
Promise 2