His eyes met mine

Mental illness

I saw him again today..

for just one fleeting moment

and then
as soon as he appeared..

he was gone

lost once more to the darkness.


His eyes met mine

filled with his silent pain

I knew to well
he bore alone
beyond my aid,

forever screaming within the vacumn
of the mirror's glass.

Wearing the smile
I stole from him
to hang upon my lips..
 
looks jaded now

the laughter long since faded
from their laquer.

I touch the glass

and just for that one moment

feel myself.

Author's Note

I suffer depression and this is how I sometimes feel

Reviews

[AJ Kristiansen]

Love this... it is hard when we look at ourselves in the mirror and the person staring back is someone so unfamilar and also so confronting at we see the pain in their eyes... the dull resignation of life and pushing onwards to who knows what... Thanks for your honesty Inyourshadow :)

[InkSlinger]

Sometimes the man in the mirror offers us the most unbiased view of who we really are.. not where we have been, but where we are capable of going.. in the mirror, there is hope..

Painful piece, locked in the reflection of what we see..

[annie minus]

Excellent poem! This is such an accurate description of depression, here is a line from one I wrote recently, your poem really reminded me of a certain feeling I sometimes get "Flowers over-stretch in their quest to defeat the weeds and reach the sun, Petals shatter upon the floor,
I peer through the bars once more."
The fight to step out of the darkness is wearing! Great work, love it. annie :)

[Daytonight]

Depression is a horrible feeling. So hard to climb out of. But it helps when we have someone who cares about us waiting on the other end. Great writing.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

"I touch the glass

and just for that one moment

feel myself."

Beautiful lines! The interference of glass in this poem makes this write even better.

Ever since I read this poem, I knew from the raw written emotion that you had been going through a lot of pain. And you expressed that pain extremely well.