Depression

What Depression feels like

The invisible fears haunts you

 in both in dreams and reality

There is no magic cure,

 the pain you must endure

it craves your sanity

It will feast on your heart

 and pick its teeth with your bones

 for it is never wasteful

with your soul that it owns

 your heart racing to freedom

 but that is its perfect time to attack

It wants you to think that you stand a chance.

  like a cat teasing a young rat, 

at your pain, it is amused.

You may think to outsmart it, but you will slowly run out of time.

to accept it is the only way to survive.

like a host accepts a parasite feasting on its body,

you must let it in.

 however, that is natural isn’t it?

Reviews

[A. Monahan]

There are some beautifully haunting lines in this that ring true, "It will feast on your heart and pick it's teeth with your bones", I can actually picture this in my minds eye with my inner demons. "To accept it is the only way to survive", this is so true; to try and ignore it or fight it on your own is like a mouse running on a wheel actually thinking it's getting somewhere...It will just make so very tired in the end.

[Kristin]

This is beautifully explained. Everything I wanted to show, you agreed with. Depression is something that most can not understand but the ones who have it themselves. This is what makes it so hurtful. Thank you

[anya]

This is beautiful. I love how you made it feel more real!

[Kristin]

Thank you! Yes it is pretty brutal ha..

[Great Aunt Astri]

Original similes. sad but beautiful poem ... might it not have ended with a ray of hope?

[Kristin]

agree that happy endings are sometimes the best, but the goal from this writing was to try to explain to someone what depression really feels like and how hard it is to deal with it with people just telling you to be happy.

[Great Aunt Astri]

I agree. about being told to be happy is not helpful, but I meant at the end of your poem you could have said something like 'perhaps tomorrow will be a better day'. Just a thought

[Kristin]

Yes. Will keep that in mind for future writings to come :)

[A. Monahan]

I'd like to say yes end it on a happy note, but that isn't depression. It's actually kinda interesting in that having dealt with real depression, I find a comfort in reading how it really is and am not looking for a silver lining at this moment. That's not what I read it for.

[Kristin]

I agree. Only some will truly understand this writing and take great wisdom from it. i am glad you did. Now i can smile at that lol :)

[PhoenixDown]

Pretty spot on I would say.

Saddest part though is the end. We are all just left to be totally vulnerable anyway...

[Kristin]

Yes. Depression is a very hard subject; It almost is a part of us..

[PhoenixDown]

Indeed I would agree.

[A. Monahan]

I wouldn't say almost, at least not in my personal experience. It does become a part of us and that's why it's so consuming and destructive.

[PhoenixDown]

It takes on many forms, hiding in different ways; that is what makes it a bit tricky to delve into within comments here. But you're spot on. I believe we all mean the same thing.

[A. Monahan]

Yes, I agree. It's the same and also different depending on what that one individual is experiencing.