In the darkest depths it’s foundIn each corner of the round Its nature is to make you doubtWhat it is you’re all about Escape it once you’ll barely gleanThe likes of this infernal machine Up to bat once againYou feel its claws digging in Try to shake it a...
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What is it with therapists and writing?Fall's returned to give me it's lift My sanity, energy and outlook Returned, I am up early, life is a gift Smiles, I work, exercise, even cook Summer's heat zapped my soul Slowly I eroded and lost control Functioning became my only role I felt that slip,...
All Mixed Up
Mind drippingsI never know how to say My mind has gone awayTurning black from grayI hate being this wayWhispered confusionMixed within delusionAnd fearful destitutionSeeking restitutionGasping for airUnder total despairAttempting to shareBut the words are not thereFlee...
The night continues to falland I become one with the shadows. Struggling to stay afloat,I am stranded in this unrelenting flowwaiting for an ebb that never comes.This tide is not turning. A darkness has awakened in me. You can cut its roots at the surface...
Total Eclipse of the Untrained Mind
Reflections on depression and feelings of unworthinessCrushed by the burden of my expectations My humiliation is complete, And I am descending into a dark pit Of self-abnegation and contempt, My self-esteem shattered into crystal shards By the brutal hammer blows of fate. A mere scientist, I am justly punish...
The sun does not set onThis face of mine,Nor soar on wings of fire to me,Nor rush to greet me,Kiss me, leave me,Nor burn and scorch the skin from me.It is I who moves awayWithdrawnFrom light and lifeAll blazing bright andCloistered inMy rising run,The wei...
Mama Didn’t Show Me How to Cope - Chapter 1
How much can one write if their memories are a single blur?I had about five minutes to think this over. Picture this: I’m sitting in the bathroom taking a dump, I have a case of diarrhea and stomach cramping due to having a stomach infection that occurred right after I returned from my trip to Mexico during sprin...
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Mama Didn’t Show Me How to Cope
How much can one write if their memories are a single blur?I.Depression /dəˈpreSH(ə)n/ noun A mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep. This is jus...
Where does the sun goWhen he sneaks away,When the day turns to nightAnd my thoughts fly astrayOn the wings of the whispersThat flit round my head,And the shadows creep upAnd crawl under my bed?What does he see,This bright sun of the mornAs he rides throug...
Come with me to a world others shun To a world of death and destruction Here you will find no absolution For the Beast rules with condemnationWhere your mind believes the deception Your hatred becomes your obsession Here your sorrow turns to addiction The...
This poem only available on Stories Space. If you are reading it elsewhere, it has been stolen.Face in the shadowsWhere eyes burn black candlesAnd wax in the waterHas armoured the lips,A soul freezes hellWith the loneliness cruel,And the silence is lostWh...
Death by Disorders
No, you wouldn't understand ~ Understand by Christian Blevins."Help is on the way... but it never came!" - Help Is On The Way by Rise Against. It began as a trickle,a wee stream,but it's growingnow the river looks more like a lakeand the lake likean ocean. and you standon the shoreawaiting helpthat never comes. [dr...
Perfect Light Broken Dark
A poem about inner painSmile and breathe easy Giggle and laugh softly Hug and pat gently Speak and agree politely Fake and pretend believably Act and behave perfectly Sob and cry privately Hurt and break secretly Crack and crumble silently Fall and fail inwardly Deny and joke l...