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Family Depression Poems

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

The Root Cause

Sometimes, better to dig it up
Right from the root
And expose it to daylight
Cos' it's not good for a man to sleep all day
And not wake...

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Categories: depression, husband,

Demons

My entire life I've been drowning in a darkness
As a little girl I begged to be loved: Nothing  more nothing less
I kept telling myself...

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Categories: depression, dark, heartbroken, hurt, loneliness,

Another poem about loneliness

I’m so lonesome I could cry
Cry for the pup lost from the pack
He’s gotta find comfort in winter

I’m so lonesome feeling disconnected
Cold comfort, but bees...

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Categories: depression, loneliness, lonely, longing,

Inner Dialogue

I'm praying that you make it I'm aware of what you facing,

Life can make you feel complacent but to me you're so amazing,

More to me...

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Categories: depression, anger, caregiving, change, character,

A Lone Man’s Plight

Beneath the churning skies and wrathful sea, 
A lone man wails into swirling agony.
Each crashing wave, a relentless assault,
Mirroring the chaos of his inner tumult.

Beneath...

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Categories: depression, addiction, conflict, dark, death,

House of Cards

You say you need a strong foundation, my friend? 
On a god or guru, you cannot depend.
It is empty and false, and I beg your...

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Categories: depression, divorce, friend, home,

Here


Somewhere…in the realm of Happiness
blue skies glisten with sun light
accenting outstretched wings
that glide gracefully upon the air
somewhere…
the distant laughter of unseen children
usher in pleasant memories
which...

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Categories: christian, depression, encouraging, god,

Shopping

We used to go shopping you and I.
Sometimes remembering I start to cry.
Those happy times, the fun of the past,
I didn’t realize it wouldn’t last.
I...

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Categories: anxiety, depression, family, mother

Milkweed and Hydrangeas

The garden you planted is regrowing,
Just like you said it would—
But the desolate husks of last summer’s foliage 
Still stand stark;
Everlasting monuments
Of what once was.

Yet...

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Categories: death, depression, emotions, family,

A Hunger Unfed

"Robert Frosts', friend, Edward Thomas was an indecisive fellow, until that one day they took the other road Edward wanted, and of course, Robert's piece...

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Categories: brother, depression, friendship, hurt,

The massive convoy of threats

Begins with Hyundai's my stalker fatal attraction 
rushing in front of our disabled vehicle then rams break 
hard causing us to panic my spouse and...

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Categories: anxiety, depression, discrimination, health,

An Ocean of My Love

It hurt that night. Not the night it should have hurt,
When those pills were scattered across your bathroom
floor

No, it didn’t hurt then

I just stared out...

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Categories: depression, 12th grade, angst, death

Manic Episode

delusions, illusions,
these random contusions,
idolic notions of
noiseless commotions,
keeps me in motion,
whirling with the gravity
I'm on my knees,
praying what you're saying
I still believe
and if its true
what i...

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Categories: confusion, death, depression, mental

ReCentering Domestic NonViolence

This brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.  

Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to...

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Categories: culture, depression, health, hope,

Life In Rewind

By Chad Carlson

Today I looked at my life in rewind
Found the good in mostly bad times
Smiled a lot and even laughed a little
Until I got...

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Categories: death, depression, drink, drug,