Clear (Blurred) thoughts Crystal (Glazed) vision Fluffy (Misty tears) cloud Joy (Blood) boils up Heart soars (off a cliff)

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

Slip on the mask Can’t let them see you cry Smile through the pain Tolerate living for one more day A mask of lies

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

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

He is lost Alone Is he dead? Is he alive? Trembling hands

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 don’t belong here Destined for another place So lonely It crushes me Falling through a black abyss

The frost on the trees Glittering in the morning light A shroud of purest white Lies upon the field A blanket with the waves of a sea

So cold, Why is it so cold? The air as I suck it in In gasping breaths After I have punched my knuckles…

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