Ode To Depression

No one tells you how lonely it is
Sitting in the kitchen floor at 2am
The taste of metallic resolution
The weight of conviction

No one tells you about the numbness
Extremities floating softly
The dull whisper of water
The warmth of surrender

No one tells you about the satisfaction
An agonizing temptation
Tantalizing milky canvas
Tortured artist begging for release

No one tells you about the end
How quiet it gets
Temperamental judgement
Truculent rage
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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November 25, 2020 at 1:42 PM
You are right... Hardly anyone understands either.... Depression has different levels and effects people differently... Your poems raise awareness and that is important... I wrote a poem called drowning in the darkness which is about depression..
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