Anger
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Gems
Inside of me I hold precious gems My most treasured thoughts As fragile as flower stems I hide them in a chest And I wait to see If someone I meet Will value me Will they truly care? Will they value my voice? Will they cry at my sorrows And in my triumphs, rejoice? Or Continue reading
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Green Shoots
Green shoots So fragile Freedom’s growth So gradual Waves of pain Rush over my soul Tear up the shoots Stir up the soil But the roots will remain They are dug in deep They begin to regrow Inch by inch they creep Pain will come again But they always survive These roots are stubborn They Continue reading
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The Past’s Claws
The past has claws And an iron-tight grip It is a venus flytrap A bottomless pit I have felt its touch A cold shiver in the night It lurks in my mind Hidden just out of sight It shadows my day A sentient cloud Spawning in the sky Whenever I feel proud It has laid Continue reading
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The Constancy of Pain
The pain is constant Like a string with no end Suffering is ubiquitous A faithful companion and friend Everyone will let you down Everything must and will change But pain and suffering Yes, they will remain Through summer and winter In rain or shine New tortures and agonies They will always find There’s only one Continue reading
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What It Feels Like
A lament Ennui A creeping mould Spreading over my brain Until it takes hold It paralyses my limbs Weakens my will Punctures my passion And yet it advances still It drains my drive Consuming my joy Tears down my confidence My self-esteem it destroys Colour drains from the world around me Food melts into bland Continue reading
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What I Feel
On these pages Things are not always as they seem I write what I feel Not always what I mean I may lash out viciously As I am pierced with grief Or write of awaited freedoms Because I desperately need to dream I may open up my insides And let my sorrow pour out My Continue reading
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I May Exaggerate
I may exaggerateMiscalculate and over-estimate I may badly mistranslate The script of my heart I may fail to moderate Or consistently over-rate Completely misappropriate The feelings in my mind My words may be inadequate Handwriting inelegant And my spelling attempts negligent As I attempt to hit the resonance Of the cry of my soul But Continue reading
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About
The poems on this blog are written from my experience of depression. In an ocean of darkness, I find writing to be the lighthouse that guides me to hope. Some of these poems are written out of the darkness. They are an outlet for the swell of emotions within me; a way of conveying the Continue reading
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The System
The system we live in Needs you depressed Needs you unsatisfied Sent on an impossible quest It has to make sure That you feel inadequate And make you feel you’re always One step from happiness It does this to sell you A momentary relief Temporarily easing the pain But storing up the grief It has Continue reading
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A Writer’s Curse
You burn inside me Torture my soul Like a hot iron A pile of fiery coals I think of you through the day In my sleep, you speakWhen I think of you, I hurt I need you like I breathe Only on paper Are you able to live Inside the walls of my mind You Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 