Depression Confidence Poems

Maybe I walk in your shoes,
Perhaps you sleep like my loops,
Probably, this is an unimaginable satire,
Inside your head, I can never born again and be...

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The afternoon's a fire, but my head still frozen to the pillow.
The fan blows soft and I lay softer.
Without a signifier I'll get up for...

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Many of us have dark shadows that we have seen when walking forwardThey can look very large and luming and very intimidating at timesIt's like...

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Has anyone seen my mojo? I know I had it here
But lately it has gone astray, no longer lurking near. 

Maybe it’s on secondment to...

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Escape pods
Ferried fears
Gaping heart
Falling tears
Dishevelled mind
Emotional unrest
Watered ground
Familiar guest
Questioned answers
Unanswered questions
Glassy eyes
Increased tension
Dissipating hope
Chewed confidence
Broken spirit
Unwelcomed sentence
Failing health
Unstable mind
Choked fingers
Flying blind
Pathetic plea
Stretched thin
Battered insides
Uncomfortable skin
Eventual...

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It’s the breath I need but can’t reach
Arms extended as far as they can reach
But the superhero is late this time and can’t save me
Plan...

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Yes, you have fallen.
It felt like a defeat.
In time, you realize
You still have the breath of life.
Calamity has no victory.
What felt like an enormous blow
Brought...

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Should I smile, should I cry
I really need to be their ally
What would they like the most
How to get in and be in the "bros"

I...

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El dominio del alma
Una noche cualquiera sin ningún motivo he visto la luna y me ha nacido escribir pero no se que hacer la verdad...

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Even some years ago I was processing thoughts
like, real is the Santa Claus.
But naive days have gone so quickly
and I faced reality like falling from...

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Folks of the suburbs sting thy heart
Tongues of mosquitos suck thy soul
Stories leak no finish nor start

The histamine I can’t control 
Spreads out from cranium...

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I hear you screaming at me!
To the one I let you be
Scars of the wound from the past
Has kept you quiet till the last
I let...

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What sort of life can one be expected to live
When forced independence is bestowed upon thee
Disowned and made to discern the world alone
Toughens up a...

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Chukwunonso
When you are giving up 
Say chukwunonso (God is with me)
When it sims like the world 
Has forgotten you 
Be strong and say chukwunonso (God...

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Coming Out
Comfort and meaning can be found
In the draping of rainbow flags
And the joyous stupor of marching
Alongside understanding strangers.
Absolved of the sin of lying,
She now...

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