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Metaphor Depression Poems

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


The River Runs
It brings to mind a question: why?
Why does the river run?
Does it need to?
Why is it considered peaceful?
And can it be obtained by other means?
And...

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Categories: 12th grade, anxiety, depression,



Premium Member Rising To The Occasion
Rising To The Occasion

Awakening peace,
yearning resurrection,
lays in depression:-
We must respond to her needs
with enlightening awareness:-
...

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Categories: depression, devotion, metaphor, motivation,

Premium Member Clouds
A paper man
Under paper clouds
The sky is falling
and he doesn’t know why

His edges are folded
He feels he’s undone
There isn’t any warmth
from a paper sun

Cellophane grass
Cardboard...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, depression, emotions,

Alone
My sombre shadow trails me,
My own friend i’ve personally handsewn,
It comforts me, 
Somehow I don’t feel alone. 

When the sun diminishes,
The absence of my beloved...

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Categories: angst, depression, extended metaphor,

Loud quiet
I am wildly conscious of the fact
I don’t know how to speak up anymore.
I feel like I’m yelling and no one can
Hear me
I was told...

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© Kara Rowan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: abuse, anxiety, depression, mental



Potential
my potential, an entity I've put on a pedestal

I spend my days climbing her ridiculously high ladder with gift-wrapped handmade blades; only leaving when her...

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© Kiyomi Kai  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anxiety, conflict, death, depression,

The death of a son
What if I can't continue,
evolving into this mystery? 
What if the story dies with me
grabbing and pulling at the hands of reality, 
what then?
Do the...

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Categories: depression, death, death of a

BAR CHRONICLES
Blues and Memories fleeting.
(part 1 of 10)

I wrote suicide  note on sweating whiskey glass,
Pain pleading on moments pass.
Pet names on cords of base guitar...

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Categories: addiction, america, anxiety, depression,

Tea
“Tea”

Steam pouring forward, perhaps captured with the cold air of time
To be forgotten and lost
Blown away too quick to be tangible
Gentle momentum but me
Not so

Not...

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Categories: death, depression, gothic, imagery,

Comfortable Vill
My heart drumming fast

My blood on the freeway 

Searching for a place 

I'm not sure, it exists.  

Not feeling great.

Losing patience,

not brave

 Everyone needs a break 

looking for this place...

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© John Diket  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: age, depression, destiny, feelings,

Cloaked in Shadow
I was drenched in black water,
Yet, it looked as though I were dried out.
I stood before a lighthouse,
Yet, remained unseen.

Gazing into the sea’s blackness,
The highest...

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Categories: confusion, dark, death, depression,

What lies behind the key
You asked me a question without saying a word.  Could I ever love again?
I couldn't find the answer.  should I ever want to?...

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Categories: addiction, betrayal, death, depression,

Premium Member Igor needs a bigger lab XIII
Why promote wrecking-ball malice
Behind the wall of a palace?
This callous man sick
Acts like a big dick
To cover up his small phallus...

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Categories: bullying, depression, evil, extended

I Push On
Strong, though softened by stillness. Handsome with no 
hunger for approval. My mind is sharp, yet I resist its
 blade, choosing silence over the storm...

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© Brian Russ  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anger, anxiety, depression, hope,

Art of My Undoing
I want to be an artist.
I want to create a piece if be proud of for the rest of my life.
Id peel back the skin,...

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Categories: body, dark, depression, how


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