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DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, PTSD..,ALWAYS A FIGHT, ALWAYS A BATTLE, GOOD SOLDIERS ARE WE. ~VICKIE THAYER~      "DARKNESS HIDES INSIDE MY SMILE...I HEAR YOU KNOCKING ON MY LIPS...I WILL NOT ANSWER FOR AWHILE...I'D RATHER ENJOY MY SMILE SO SLICK."   VICKIE JAY THAYER@THEFANATIC POET

Depression's Black Eye

THERE'S A RAINBOW HIDDEN INSIDE MY TEARS, 

MY EYES LOOK FOR A POT OF GOLD,

AT THE END OF EVERY CRY, 

BUT THE BLACK CLOUD ABOVE ME, 

ALWAYS PUNCHES ME IN THE EYE. 

        ~VICKIE THAYER~
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Rutherford Avatar
November 9, 2017 at 8:15 PM
Vickie, such a deep potent verse and message with so few words. Well done!
Thayer Avatar
November 10, 2017 at 8:35 AM
Tom, Your Kind, Thanks.
One Avatar
November 8, 2017 at 1:02 PM
This is very clever poetry and you have written a deep write hidden behind metaphors.... Excellent..
Thayer Avatar
November 9, 2017 at 6:19 PM
Thanks, I Have Enjoyed Your Writings, Your So Very Well Versed. Hope Some Day To Be Better..Like You And So Many Others. Vickie
Vaso Avatar
November 7, 2017 at 10:44 PM
I know this very well, even at this very moment, so very well expressed.
Thayer Avatar
November 8, 2017 at 8:44 AM
THANK YOU ARTHUR, HARD ONE FOR ME TO EXPRESS, NOT HARD TO FEEL. VICKIE
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