Quiet EchoesA quiet handshake—
now just dust on the breeze falls,
names fade with the dusk....
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Categories:
depression, death, death of a
Form: Haiku
Prayer's Power
When heart breaks and bleeds under the sharp knife,
Cut and crushed feelings blame the storm of life.
When mind forgets the joy of the daybreak,
forlorn eyes spend the night in tears and ache.
But firm faith fights the hardest blows of pain,
to triumph over the arrows of rain....
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Categories:
depression, faith, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Couplet
HER SILENT TAUNTSShe wakes up in the morning with a bright smile,
Not knowing what sleep is - just a word spoken around.
So many voices echo in her ears saying "end it all,"
Fighting battles sometimes she can't even recall.
She will always be more than enough,
Even when things get tough.
Socialising is her greatest enemy,
Leaps through storms just to find...
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Categories:
anger, bullying, confusion, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Chaotic ThoughtsI think a lot in my head
I wish I could just go to bed
Blinded by thoughts and emotions
The seas of thunder and errosion
The crickets seep into the ears
Blinded by the emotional tears
My brain is exhausted and toasting
My head spinning like it’s roasting
These thoughts I can’t stop
Accelerating to the...
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Categories:
addiction, anger, body, depression,
Form: Rhyme
THE TOMB OF MIRRORSThere’s this voice that echoes inside of me,in the pit of my soul
He has long sharp nails, with which he tears down the walls of my heart,peice by piece
Every time my foot steps on the grass, greener than the day before
He pulls me down into the Earth
And I am submerged into the sea
Filled with...
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Categories:
depression, anxiety, bereavement, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
IN THE LAND OF PEACEOnce upon a time
in a faraway land
There was an old man, who had forgotten how to speak
His eyes would stare into the sky, void of any emotion,
His scars turned wrinkles narrated an untold story
His hands, never steady, always counting
Sometimes in the middle of the day, he would scream
But no sound would escape his mouth,...
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Categories:
depression, abuse, corruption, death, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Justice ,deniedWith bloody hands, rusty hair and a dammed soul
I walked out ,stepping on the rotten meat
As my lungs struggled to breathe down the fragrance of the crime that I had committed
Blue and white lights flashed my eyes
And a bullet pierced through my cranium
Punishing me for the crimes I had not committed,
My lips...
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Categories:
depression, abuse, bereavement, betrayal, dark,
Form: Free verse
Choices I make
There are arches and doorknobs
I feel with my hands but,
instead of pushing through,
around and round
i meander clueless,
my head in a cloud
caught up in the darkness
I coddle to the point
of despair and delusion.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025...
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Categories:
dark, depression, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Broken GirlAlcohol to numb the pains.
Cigarettes to taste something other than hate.
Sex to escape the constant loud voices in my head.
Makeup to hide the broken girl inside.
So put together, so stylish, so grown up and mature. Little did they know that girl was always manic, depressed, and anxious....
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Categories:
anxiety, childhood, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
DivorceDo you remember how it felt?
Do you know what it feels like to feel worthless, not enough, to question love?
Do you remember not knowing how love was supposed to look because what you thought was love was completely shattered.
No more two in one bed, no more two in one place.
No more...
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Categories:
anxiety, childhood, depression, divorce,
Form: Free verse
CancerCancer, a six-letter word that doesn’t mean much to most people.
Then the word suddenly has more power than a shot to the chest.
You think, am I still breathing?
You go to the bathroom to try to pull yourself together, to share the pain with someone else.
As the phone rings, you think you...
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Categories:
depression, anxiety, cancer, care, deep,
Form: Free verse
My Eye, the Grave of WordsTo keep my words from falling apart,
I need the blood that leaves my heart.
I chose to stay and face the pain,
so it won’t feel so strange again.
I wrote the will to still remain,
to give my empty words a name.
I gave my body, left it bare—
was that enough to make them care?
I closed my throat, I...
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Categories:
dark, depression, introspection, mental
Form: Free verse
You Are Not AloneWhen darkness falls and clouds surround,?
A voice within says, "You’re lost, you’re bound."?
The weight, the pain, so hard to bear,?
But in the silence, someone’s there.
A hand to hold, a heart to hear,?
In shadows deep, you still are near.?
Your tears, your fears, they don’t define—
?You're more than this, you still can shine.
Though voices whisper, "Let it...
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Categories:
deep, depression, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Unshackle MeThe shackles that hold me
Visible to my eye alone.
The collar around my neck
Only cause I allow it.
The chains around my feet
Have bound me to this prison,
A prison I call home
But feels a dungeon.
The boulder on my chest
Shouldn't keep me so stunted,
But what a great locksmith
I've turned out to be
An oppressor I have made me
To...
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Categories:
africa, dark, depression, how
Form: Free verse
The Darkest NightEven the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise
Will you come to see me then
I’ll be quite surprised
Same as you - what an encounter
You would giggle at me
Love, it seems that I have found you
I’d reply to thee
The harsh reality, however
Extends that miserable night
Though the sun beats down like never
In its dazzling summer...
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Categories:
depression, extended metaphor, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Depression Poems
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