Hope Depression Poems

I went to drink 
coffee at one of those 
cute little coffee-drinking 
places, and I couldn’t 
help but think of 
you. 

I tried 
not to....

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The Walls Remember What the World Forgets

The walls remember what the world forgets —
Every whispered prayer, every silent regret.
Every kiss by candle, every scream in...

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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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When, in darkness, there's but a single ray;
When, in cruelty, there's little kindness found;
Then in imagination could I stay;
A private realm, and in perfection crowned;
And...

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I have nothing to live for. 
I have nothing to die for. 
If I die today, it will be nothing
If I live today, it will...

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A boy walks slow through halls of glass,
His shadow flickers, thin as grass.
Each step a secret, each breath a theft,
Of hunger’s war and weightless heft.

They...

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Once upon a time
in a faraway land
There was an old man, who had forgotten how to speak
His eyes would stare into the sky, void of...

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My Habit 

You say I eat a lot—
But a lot eats me.
I got stress I can’t tame,
Hate that drives me insane.
So many therapists I can't...

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Once there was a man who stumbled into a ditch,
He fell hard and let out a painful pitch.
You see, this hole was terribly deep,
He couldn’t...

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The girl weeps a bruised and bitter rain,
A childhood choked, a garden grown in pain.
My laughter, brittle glass, it cracks and breaks,
Beneath the weight of...

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I’ve knocked on every door of medicine men—
doors painted with hope.
Swallowed pills of every size and colour.
Been told,
“This one never fails.”
Another promise—
fulfilled only in disappointment.

The...

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no i wouldn't die for you.
i wouldn't,
and i'm not sorry.
i spent too long hiding in the shadows,
waiting 
lurking
wanting
and hoping
that they'd see that I would have.
in...

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Depression is a thief that can rob you of all reason 
never staying the same like the changing of a season 
Depression is a liar...

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One,
Two,
Three,
Four...
Shadows crawl in hope of escape.
Five,
Six—
Interrupting thoughts and fear demand attention.
“Hello, I'm here.”
The mind cowardly answers the call.

Life unhinges — unlocking the greed of depression.
The...

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Written December 19, 2024


Constantly find myself looking for a thrill
Another day another week another year but still
I might as well be right back where it...

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