DeadAre happy memories And hope is allBut gone Maggots feedUpon my sorrowAnd the knowledgeI'm alone Flies swarmAround the carcass That my empty heart’s Become They lay their eggsTheir larvae growThey make my soulTheir home And inThe dead of nightThe spiders hunting fliesDo come Leaving itchingSo much itching And the webs of liesThey've spun Then when day breaksAnd they depart I [...]
Tag: depression
I Fade
"Are you still there?" I whisper To the darkness Silent echoes Answer "Always" Tendrils Extend From the shadows And into them I fade
Waiting For The Sunrise
I used to sit And stay awake all night Waiting for the dawn The advent Of a fresh day With new beginnings The rising of the sun An inspiring metaphor Of how I would lift myself From the dirt But it never panned out The way I envisaged And in time I realised my mistake [...]
Almost
You almost had me beat Made me think I would never stand again On my own two feet You almost won this fight Had me on the ropes Cowering against the blows Landing left and right I was almost counted out Flat out on the canvas To continue would be madness The referee [...]
The Invisible Cage
Each year it comes; An anniversary Awakening The memory Of desperate times And misery An airless bubble Suffocating me A cage that no-one Else can see From which I still fight To be set free Invisible To all but me Response to the Word of the Day Challenge prompts: desperate, anniversary & bubble
Citizen of Darkness
A frisson of excitement Frees me If only for a moment From the prison I too often Find myself inside Barely able to function Forced to suffer The pains of yesterday How did I ever get this way? No longer living I survive Having lost all zest for life A citizen of Darkness Since I was [...]
Native
I do worry Sometimes That were I to rid myself Of my depression I would be cutting away A part of me For surely these feelings Existed Inside of me from the beginning A disease, yes But invasive, no Is it right to kill A native species Even when it longs to destroy [...]
Wellbeing
People think wellbeing Is about being well But it's not I mean, look at me I'm not well I haven't been for a long time I maybe never will But I'm in a good place Compared to where I've been I've found comfort and contentment To me that's good wellbeing Even if it isn't being [...]
Moth to the Flame
Like a moth To the flame My unguarded mind Is drawn To the thoughts I know will serve Only to burn But I suffer The flame Enduring The burning For the biggest mistake I could make Would be to shy Away from the fire Away from the light And live a life In darkness Response [...]
Mental Masochism
It was meant to be my penance Self-imposed punishment But in time I grew to love the pain I inflicted on myself I became addicted To the torment inside Eating me alive I gave in To masochistic tendencies Allowing the disease To take over And infect my mind I gave it control Over my entire [...]
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