Hope Depression Poems

There are good days, bad days and sad days,
There are happy days, snappy days, crappy days
There are days so fickle it seems you clasp
the wisps...

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You feel it in the pit of your stomach
A dread that you can't comprehend
Heavy and dark and foreboding 
Like you just want the world to...

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One slash is all it would take.
One simple, twisted movement.

No.

“Push through,” they said.
I tried, I really tried.

I wore a smile,
A mask of “fun,”
While drowning in...

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As the last of September leaves fall
I give my desires over
I sacrificed what I desired most of all..

Though you never answered my most desired prayer...

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An ancient facade
Of wood and flesh entwined
A dream half-dream in flesh discard
Something undefined
Mechanical sublime
Where soul intertwined 
A silent regime 
In between space n time 
where...

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"Illusions of Love"

Judged at every stage, condemned from the start,
Labelled and demonized—torn apart.
Mistreated, ill-treated, seen as a threat,
Running for safety but never safe yet.

Love, an...

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Pigtails sat tightly on her head
Curls poking through
And framing her face.
The bear kept her company,
Sat close by her head.
The dolls sat carefully placed
Drinking tea around...

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There are tears in these eyes.
Which can't be disguised
The happiness is no longer
Maybe it's just the anger
Most of the time I can't control my emotions
I...

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Not all Hearts can be mended                   ...

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When the tar-soaked rain cascades from ominous clouds,  
And the oceans roar with Poseidon’s might,  
As the screaming ground heaves beneath your careless...

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I am the tundra barren cold and numb
A frozen wasteland where no light can reach
Between these poles, my insatiate self-succumbs.

In icy silence where no whimpers...

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I saw you again today
Walking alone in the hallway
We did not even share a glance
There was no falter in your stance
You walked right by
I could...

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When you finally finish climbing,
Out of the darkest pits,
You reach the light, shining,
You're happy and everything fits.
Then you feel those hands,
Grasping, pulling, clawing at your...

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a whole manner of oodles saw
stuff piled under a shelf
a sofa on the ceiling
and a light fitting on the floor
there were gardens
in the living room
all...

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Author  Dana Redricks 
September 11, 2024

In a world where hearts are fragile, and love brings both joy and pain, we search for a connection,...

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