D is for Depression
Don't worry. I know this road well.
Dragged fingers send ripples ‘cross waves
Downfall imminent but not unexpected
Depression remains my warden
Deepening the darkness in my head
Draped in thoughts best left untouched
Deftly, I stay adrift, appendages akimbo,
Drowning not in these salty waters
Decisions wrought by my own hands
Dripped my flesh into this ichor sea
Devoured in mouthfuls by mental demons
Diminished sounds of heartbreak muffled
Deep beneath the whirlpool of precedence
Doubt eaten by pointed recollection
Digital replay of all the reasons why I remain
Duplicating everything I already know
Damning evidence wraps chainlink on me
Disconcerted no longer, no fear, only numb
Depression an ever-present monster of thought
Delving down to birth riptides to wash over me
Deaf as always to the comfort I find here.
©2023, CL Huth
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I don’t know if I had depression in my life. Probably , never diagnosed.
But what is diagnose? Isn’t it?
but life keeps running me over with the next learning and the next and the next...
I never took anything to help me with the "reality" or realityssss that I create
but many close friends and acquaintances from years past need something to sustain themselves in today's craziest world
Just true love itself for me ( no easy)
​But that doesn't mean I don't get destroyed from time to time
This is a very moving poem. Having suffered depression for many years it really resonated.