Demons

This poem is based on how I felt during my period of depression. Don't let that stop you from giving honest criticism.

Demons

You can see me laughing

And you can see me joking

But something isn’t right

Something’s wrong with this sight

An emptiness burrows deep

Stealing away my sleep

A sadness settles within me

I live according to its decree

“Don’t let people know!”

“Never let your thoughts show!”

I listen to it without question

Lived without expectation

For deep down in my heart I thought

I will never find the love I sought

I know I don’t want a life without love

But all my grief I force it in with a shove

What used to be on the outside

Is now on the inside

It eats me from within

Like guilt from a sin

The one sin that I’m plagued by

The sin of telling myself a lie

Reviews

[KanaDream]

This is very true. I always feel like I can't actually say what I'm feeling and just because I'm smiling nobody believes that I'm depressed. When I accidentally let my feelings slip out I get hurtful words instead of encouragement "Why are you bringing me down?" This world teaches us to hold everything inside and if we happen to let it show, be it in our words or on our wrists, we are condemned for it. We learn to lie to ourselves and let our pain eat away at our very souls till the person that might have been healed if we had only been allowed to share is completely gone. This poem really speaks to me. Very well done.

Keep Dreaming, even in Nightmares.

[Macie Hill (Pseudonym)]

Thank you so much :) Hope you can find happiness!