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Dark Depression Poems

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


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: depression, 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

You Are Not Alone
When darkness falls and clouds surround,?
A voice within says, "You’re lost, you’re bound."?
The weight, the pain, so hard to bear,?
But in the silence, someone’s there.

A...

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Categories: deep, depression, emotions, feelings,

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: depression, 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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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: baptism, dark, depression, humorous,

Yearning Into Reverie
On dark, cold soil,
atop the soaring green turf,
lay cold, rusty, nostalgic houses.

The path that led to them
was faded and shallow,
with the feeling
it could cave in
at...

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Categories: childhood, depression, humanity, life,

Premium Member Mother nature's Fury
Mother Nature’s Fury, It begins to rain
Rivers overflowing, roads begin to flood
Devastation everywhere as homes filled with mud
Loss of life and property, oh the heartfelt...

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Categories: anger, cry, depression, inspirational,

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: depression, 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: depression, anger, angst, anxiety, dark,

marionette of grief
They birthed me in a house of screams, Where shadows stitched my fevered dreams— No lullaby, no gentle womb, Just rusted chains and cradle's tomb.
A...

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Categories: depression, abuse, anger, angst, conflict,

Burnt Out Bulbs
You never saw past the glory days of 17. 
Because you got sad and thought it a better idea
to hang yourself from the ceiling fan
instead...

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Categories: depression, 10th grade, 11th grade,

A Monster’s Misery
I don’t like mirrors anymore 
They’re a reflection of everything I try to ignore 
The acne on my face 
My stomach gaining weight 
These love...

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Categories: anger, angst, dark, depression,

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 — ...

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© Maya Huynh  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: confusion, dark, depression, mental


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