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Depression Poems | Examples of Depression Poetry

a hazy perspective and the need for clarity
I have no sense of time, the pride from my accomplishments is as null as the concept of permanence, besides the fog — seeping into my mind as deep as the proverbial soul within me. in the mist of what is left of myself, the only depth i can catch...

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Categories: confusion, dark, depression, mental
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Life Alone
Alone I walk along the street that special someone I desperately seek That person to come and make me smile Yet I walk alone on my second mile ...

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Categories: depression, feelings, how i
Form: Rhyme



Body Hate
A stranger lives beneath my skin, A twisted thing, a grinning sin. It pulls and prods, it makes me sick, Another bite, another trick. The porcelain mocks my face, A painted lie, a shameful space. I heave and choke, a bitter tide, Trying to wash the hate inside. Each inch I pinch, each bone I crave, A hollow shell inside this grave. Duct tape binds,...

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Categories: depression, 10th grade, abuse, body,
Form: Rhyme
Choked Bloom
The girl weeps a bruised and bitter rain, A childhood choked, a garden grown in pain. My laughter, brittle glass, it cracks and breaks, Beneath the weight of unforgiving stakes. They built a fortress, walls of rigid stone, And left my heart a barren, windswept zone. No lover's hand to soothe, no gentle gaze, Just scornful whispers in a hateful maze. Each hallway...

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Categories: depression, 10th grade, abuse, cry,
Form: Rhyme
In a Coat of Pain
I’ve knocked on every door of medicine men— doors painted with hope. Swallowed pills of every size and colour. Been told, “This one never fails.” Another promise— fulfilled only in disappointment. The body that once felt mine now feels like a stranger’s— still wearing my name tag. I sleep early, trying to rinse myself from pain, but wake up still dressed in it. The coat I wear? Pain-stitched— by a tailor...

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Categories: depression, anger, anxiety, cancer, caregiving,
Form: Spoken Word



Theater Of life
Theater Of Life We met as strangers stranded in the park, Lonely as the night - Wandering in wonder, will the train surface? 1:35am she thought to provide me warmth Open arms, I drowned beneath her chest. We sang, imitating the birds in the far away forest, The wind sang along in uniformity, blended we thought! Utopia was now newly found home,...

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Categories: change, depression, fantasy, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
The Weight of Tomorrow
I sit alone beneath the sky, Uncle, thinking of your last goodbye, The world feels heavy, dreams unclear, With every step, I carry fear. Graduation looms - so close, so wide, But doubt and worry walk beside. You always knew just what to say… I wish you could be here today...

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Categories: depression, 12th grade, age, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mixed Emotions
Mixed Emotions Relaxation, serenity of being alone Happiness, like a dog with a bone Shoes off, soft grass on your feet Dreams of the one you long to meet Lay in the grass, look at the sky Life is short, you begin to cry Friends pass away, they leave too soon You are now alone to stare at the moon Grassy meadows, rolling clouds Whispering...

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Categories: confusion, depression, emotions, feelings,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Death to Life in Him
Death is to be my great enemy For in living I am to be The friend of life, and put to death That force that longs to steal my breath— Away! — away that hallowed hollow grave My ally, the stone that bears my name The one, oh would that I could fill That hole, that bowl of earth To swallow me down...

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Categories: christian, depression, love, mental
Form: Free verse
Winter Withers
Winter withers …… its way into the woods and waits….and wonders….and watches until…. No-one is looking. Suddenly, an ally boorishly introduces itself, an iced-sliced wind to quiver-shiver the woods’ most tender saplings; to shudder the aged evergreens with sharpened, encrusted crystals sandpapering the toughest, roughest bark. Weather warning complete, Winter then crunches forward, cold shouldering its way through the night to finally rest against a solitary,...

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Categories: depression, nature, winter,
Form: Free verse
what more can be taken
What More Can Be Taken I came from a house where love never stayed, Where fists did the talking and kindness decayed. Where silence was safer than saying a word, And a child’s small heartbreak was never once heard. I ran to the bottle, to smoke and to fire, Chased numbness like peace, sank deep in the vile. Got locked in a...

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Categories: depression, abuse, addiction, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
house of grief
I dwelt within a house of shade, By silent hand and sorrow made. Each brick I laid with trembling care— Of shame, of guilt, of cold despair. No hearth did warm, no lamp did gleam, But dimness thick as haunted dream. No welcome waits behind the door, Only the hush of evermore. The days are long, yet never bright, And stretch like wounds into...

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Categories: depression, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Its time to make a Decision
A list of tasks to accomplish before I embrace love again: I envision my mind wandering through expansive fields where patches of grass lie brown. A single wildflower stands out among the scattered pebbles beneath my feet. Memories linger, taunting me alongside the bare trees with their bent trunks. A cool breeze brushes against my face;...

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Categories: depression, allusion, anger, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The forgotten killer
Hopelessness When your body and mind are disconnected When your falling in a sea of darkness and accept it When the silence is loud you can hear your heartbeat It's the feeling of a deep pit In your stomach All the contents of your stomach being Consumed by it Replaced by the feeling of sickness Leaving a...

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Categories: anxiety, depression, discrimination, mental
Form: Free verse
Premium Member a love poem to my recovery
no i wouldn't die for you. i wouldn't, and i'm not sorry. i spent too long hiding in the shadows, waiting lurking wanting and hoping that they'd see that I would have. in an instant, i would have. a bullet, a train, a grenade, a pile of pills. i would've taken any of them for anyone. but instead, life shot me with an arrow. life gave me you. this...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, depression, mental
Form: Free verse

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