Truth
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From Dawn to Dusk
If you rearrange the word ‘depression‘, you can form the phrase ‘I pressed on’. Sometimes, recovery is just about getting from dawn to dusk without giving up. The sun rises A new day starts But morning for me Is when my heart goes dark A long shadow Is cast over my day As towers of Continue reading
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A Court of Fear and Loathing
My thoughts gather On this spiral staircase Each one sneering With malevolent face They’ve all prepared Each one has a speech Either some accusation Or a declaration of defeat I spin round In this amphitheatre But my attempts at defence Will have no impact here Their white papers Rain down As cheers of derision Echo Continue reading
Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, Fear, Guilt, Hope, Pain, Perfectionism, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Truth -
False Dawns
Have you ever had that feeling That horrible sensation? That sense of dread When things seem to be changing? When you begin to realise That all you ever wanted Is within your grasp Just moments from being granted? But you’ve been here before And it went wrong last time It was another false dawn Another Continue reading
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Misery’s Pit
My last few poems have talked about the importance of expressing emotions. Here’s why I have learned that I cannot stay there. Some emotions are a trap. I have found that the pit that they dig has no bottom. So I am learning that after I have felt, I evaluate. Then I let go of Continue reading
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Secrets
They bury themselves Like toxic abscesses Out of sight Hidden in deep recesses We don’t realise That in darkness they grow Set down foundations Build an iron throne We try to forget Pretend they do not exist But when squeezed by pressure The pus escapes with a hiss The festering infection drains us Weakens our Continue reading
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Narrow Path
The narrow path Is a hard path Battered by storms Exposed to their wrath It is a walk of isolation A treacherous pass Its gradient, unforgiving Its stones, broken glass It winds through The harshest terrain Its final destination Remains unseen But the effort Is dwarfed by the prize For when the travellers see it Continue reading
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Fed Up
I have learned during my recovery from depression that it is a journey of learning – learning how to manage emotions, deal with past traumas and about yourself. I have had to learn to move forward with a flexible approach. This poem details my frustration after trying to take a rigid approach and my journey Continue reading
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Forecaster
Depression is a forecaster And a bad one at that It took me a while To learn this important fact He gestures dramatically At his clouds of woe Sweeping in from afar Driving out all hope Tomorrow always heralds At least some sprinkles of failure And there is always a possibility Of powerful gusts of Continue reading
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Truth
Truth Sharp as a knife Remove the lies That are in my life Truth Bold as a sword Cut deception’s bonds And sever its cords Truth Open my eyes So that I may see What is truly inside Truth Ferment in my heart Become a part of me And never depart Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 