Depression
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Misunderstood
I feel misunderstood Like no one knows the real me I am locked deep inside And there’s no one looking for the key I don’t function like others My mind is not like theirs People wouldn’t understand my thinking I am not sure they would even care While others have friends In who they can… Continue reading
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Don’t Pity Me
A lament I don’t need your pity Your kind, empty words My pain is rotting meat Your words, tasteless herbs Don’t deflect, don’t divert The blood-stained flows of my heart If it is too much for you to bear Please don’t bother to ask I don’t want people To feel sorry for me To gawp… Continue reading
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Too Late
A lament Don’t tell me now That you’ve always appreciated me Don’t tell me now Of the things you like about me Now that I am no longer Hiding my pain Don’t belittle me With these kind refrains You mean you liked me But never said While I had all these voices Insulting me in… Continue reading
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Hope
A searing pain Off the charts Cripples my soul Shatters my heart It summons a tempest Whispering winds like a ghost The dusk sky deepensStained by my dark groans A singular word Written on paper Breaks the stronghold Changes the weather In the battering storms It helps me cope Brings light into darkness The word… Continue reading
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Dry Bones
Dry bones Worn down by life Purpose stripped away By the cruellest of knives Ice forming As the cold winds blow Creaking and cracking As its stronghold grows Breath of God Eternal flame Ignites my passion Severs glacial chains It sets deep in my bones As smouldering embers Determination builds Brooding in my every fibre… Continue reading
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Vulnerability
A haiku on rejection A lament Painful emotionsThey said that I should share them Then say it’s too much Continue reading
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The Broken Record
A lament You carry the broken record Everywhere that you go You despise every vocal You despise every note You hide it behind your back As you joke about your day It’s when you head up to your room That you let the record play A screeching sound begins Piercing your soul like a knife… Continue reading
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Claws of the Past
The past has claws And an iron-tight grip It is a venus flytrap A bottomless pit I have felt its touchA cold shiver in the night It lurks in my mind Hidden just out of sight It has laid a claim to my life A right to my soul It has the keys to my… Continue reading
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Joy
Joy erupting A well of emotion Tears brimmingThe first drops of an ocean That feeling when You taste the sweet truth When years of deception Are revealed to you Wrists no longer numb No longer bound by chains The fog has cleared And so has the pain It was a journey That lasted so long… Continue reading
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The Invisibility Cloak
A young man lives In a shroud of smoke His staggering steps hidden For he wears an invisibility cloak He found it one day In a cupboard in his room It promised to hide his secrets Instead, it became his tomb To all who looked at himHe looked like he was doing ok But underneath,… Continue reading
