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Depression Dark Poems

These Depression Dark poems are examples of Dark poems about Depression. These are the best examples of Dark Depression poems written by international poets.


Thank You For Calling
Thank you for calling Your Destruction.

If you’re calling to bring forth your personal hell, press 1.

If you’re calling for emotional devastation, press 2.

If you’re calling...

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Categories: dark, depression, humor,



FOUR YEARS STILL STANDING
FOUR YEARS, STILL STANDING

Four years bleeding, four years bruised,
Four years fighting, four years used.
Carried the weight till my back near broke,
Choked on silence, swallowed the...

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Categories: dark, abuse, anger, anxiety, cancer,

The Eulogy 1994 to The End
I am here for a short time 
Sadly luckily my time has come. 
I am not sick or anything. 
But death is close to me...

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Categories: dark, depression, eulogy, fate,

ruined
I can feel it all burning down,
the walls I painted in soft colors,
the corners I swept clean for company—
they crackle in silence.

Instead of exploring other...

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Categories: absence, dark, depression, environment,

Dead rose
Roses are red 
(But not this one)
My lust for you is dead...

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Categories: abuse, change, dark, depression,



Poor Little Dog
I am so unhappy. 
More than when I wanted to suicide. 
I recently had  a puppy. 
Life was really is do or die 
He...

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Categories: allegory, anxiety, dark, death,

Yet I Stand

Where do I stand
When presented with a choice
Transported by a full force
That lands me in a false chance
Yet, I stand.

Breaking the shackles
That held me in...

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Categories: anger, confusion, dark, depression,

Justice ,denied
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...

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Categories: abuse, bereavement, betrayal, dark,

Premium Member Choices I make
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...

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Categories: dark, depression, loneliness,

My Eye, the Grave of Words
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...

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Categories: dark, depression, introspection, mental

Unshackle Me
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...

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Categories: africa, dark, depression, how

The Quiet Warrior
Scott walks alone in crowded light,
A mask of joy, a heart in night.
No job to ground, no path in view,
Just dreams once bright, now lost...

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Categories: betrayal, character, courage, dark,

Premium Member A Bad Day All Around
I determined to take seize
of a lightning bolt! Paused
at every tree.  Flashed and
thundered all about – stood
by every metal post, just 
to see if...

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Categories: baptism, dark, depression, humorous,

Reaper
The Reaper I know,
You respect no one. 
When you decide to take one home,
Age, color, accomplishments mean nothing to you
In your court. 

You harvest every...

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Categories: africa, betrayal, dark, death,

godless hymn

I wasn’t born — I was expelled,
From choking smoke and screams I yelled.
No breath of grace, no holy light,
Just claws and fire in endless night.

No...

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Categories: anger, angst, anxiety, dark,


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