Depression Poems | Examples of Depression Poetry

A quiet handshake— now just dust on the breeze falls, names fade with the dusk....

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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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She 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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I 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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There’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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Once 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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With 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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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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Alcohol 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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Do 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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Cancer, 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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To 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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When 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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The 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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Even 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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