What is the blackness other than n… Could it be something tangible? Something you can embrace? What if it is the one embracing? Every night, as you lie

Your inability to see What’s killing me Endlessly This is my destiny A loop of death

The smile hides the tears The laugh conceals the pain The jokes save them from his suffe… “I’m fine” he says “I’m okay” he says

I’m fine It’s a sign Yes, I know you love me I can truly see My days are bright

Writing poetry at 4 am Is not as romantic as the poets sa… It is not with love I write Or hatred It is neither

Shadows all around Smothering the ground Scraping along the walls Of my mind A thing of darkness

My hopes have turned into air I simply could not care Spring is here My time is near Depression’s terrible snare

When you’re too tired to feel Too numb to care When there’s no one there To hold you close The Darkness obliges

I am drowning In fire And burning In water. The fire embraces me in a cold whi…

They scream He cries She laughs Sound can be a powerful thing Songs can touch the heart

Tossing and turning in bed Whilst dark thoughts crawl in my h… Finding it impossible to fall asle… As the madness begins to creep Like a serpent slithering

Great eagles soar Over canyons high Omnipotent eyes searching for Doorways to another Blooming sunburst

Depression is... Like a towering mountain, On my back Like my shadow, Always there, always dragging me d…

Putz She laughed, sometimes Made me smile, a lot Raged, sometimes Made me run for the hills, occasio…