Ocean Depression Poems | Examples
These Ocean Depression poems are examples of Depression poems about Ocean. These are the best examples of Depression Ocean poems written by international poets.
i'm at the bottom of the ocean
forty feet down
stones tied to my feet
trapped
i'm drowning
air in my lungs
can't breathe
suffocating
vision going black
i feel you
your hands grab me
pulling my up
saving me
thirty feet down
there's hope
a sliver of it
i'm almost gone but
maybe we'll make it in time
twenty feet down
you're still holding on tightly
i trust you now
you'll bring me to the surface
be my savior
ten feet down
i'm relying fully on you
you're the one to save me
i feel safe
which is hard in the ocean
one foot down
so close
almost saved
i could touch the air i crave so badly
if i tried hard enough
but i've already used all my energy
relief washes away the fear
the pain
safety is so close
and then
you let go
after i finally trusted you,
you let me go
and back down i go.
There’s this voice that echoes inside of me,in the pit of my soul
He has long sharp nails, with which he tears down the walls of my heart,peice by piece
Every time my foot steps on the grass, greener than the day before
He pulls me down into the Earth
And I am submerged into the sea
Filled with thousands of faces, faces I know ,but none of them I recognise
He caresses my face with his palms, softer than petals of a rose
And then ,he hold my hands so tightly that I see my veins and
drop by drop my blood drips in the ocean
But I hold him back with every bit of my strength
And I listen to my screams he eats the flesh on my body
Using every ounce of strength in the skies and the stars, he opens the insides of my stomach
To reveal my intestines and all I see is….
Shame ,shame and so much shame and so much guilt
That it transpires very bit of light around me
And for the very last time I kiss the sea back
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 stars continue to plot their courses
in an ocean of black?
or do they just fade away?
Will the universe drift mournfully
acknowledging the loss of a sun?
Do at last the heavens and earth embrace,
casting their differences aside.
holding each other into the void that is their love.
afraid to look away. In fear that the other has done the same
Will the morning star finally sing her song into the west?
will my passage still require gold once the river has run dry?
Let it go
Get over it
Life moves on
The words echo
From all corners of the world
No one ever understands
Just need to open up
To ask for help
But even when they listen
From behind judgemental eyes
No one ever understands
Every time a door closes
They say another opens
But lately they just slam shut
No one ever understands
I'm dying of thirst
In an ocean of salt water
No one ever understands
Will this self pity ever end
No one ever understands
No one ever understands
Let us start at the end because that is where it all began
Ashes
I clinched my fist because I did not want to let go
I literally watched you slip through my fingers
I cursed the day
The day I looked into your eyes, lying there
On a bed that represented hope
Until that moment
The moment I realised that you were actually sleeping on your death bed
You told me that you wanted to be cremated
And you wanted to be scattered in the ocean
Since you never got to go when you were capable
And you made me promise that I would make sure it happens
I blindly agreed because l did not have time to digest it
As l watched you take your last breath and expire
Now I am standing on the beach thinking about that day
And I rue the day l made you that promise
I foolishly agreed because I did not realise that it meant I would have to lose you twice
I was clinching my fist because I knew letting go would be losing you all over again
But I had to fulfill my promise
So l let you go
Ashes
That is how it ended.
I've strolled the boardwalk in hopes of taming the beast countless times.
When the phone betrayed me, the ocean was a friend like no other.
Crushing my hate on the grains of sand on a balmy August night without second thought.
Self doubt, disbelief, and time unlimited will torture in ways unimaginable.
Fear is heavy to the man who runs out of patience.
The waves grow larger as they draw near
I just want to disappear
The white water crashes against the jagged rock shore
I really thought that there’d be more
The air is salty and the breeze sings its song
Have I been living my life all wrong?
Seawater sprays me in a fine mist
I’m worthless
I’m worthless
I’m worthless
I’m worthless
The clouds drift overhead in wisps of white against the black I would turn around now but it’s too late to backtrack
I’m already here
At the edge the pier
My intentions are sincere
So please—don’t interfere
I’ll let the waves wash me away
I hope this is the end of my dismay
I really don’t want to stop halfway
Just do it
Just do it
Just do it
Just do it
I take a deep breath as my feet give way
In the years, I’ve walked this earth,
Half spent in service, a self-testament to worth.
Through war and peace, I stood my ground,
After combat tours, where courage was found.
Family tragedies left scars so deep,
Murders that haunted my nights without sleep.
Conditioned to march through conflict no matter the haze.
Immune to the impact, I find the warmth of a familiar place.
When Tornados swept through, tearing apart my dreams,
I always heal from own quiet streams.
Oh Angela, this month has been the hardest to bear,
Smothering, choking, and gasping for air.
I miss you so deeply; it’s a wound that won’t heal.
Like losing my breath in an ocean so wide,
I struggle to breathe with this pain deep inside.
I fight to contain all these feelings I hold,
Yet thoughts of Shane and your babies unfold.
Never once did twins need words to convey,
The bond that we shared in our own special way.
Now there’s a void in my spirit so vast,
A painful chasm unfilled by memories past.
Ephemeral
There's a lot inside me,
A thing that dies every night,
Every dusk that I lay on my bed,
Close my eyes, and sleep.
I feel a part slip away, stealthily,
I do not know where it goes,
But it never comes back.
It digs a tunnel inside,
A void that's never filled,
Only occupied by
Vengeance, hatred, and lies.
My heart is in knots,
I'm lost, and can't untangle.
Things I longed to see
left me drowning in a sea
--an ocean of tears
where I can't swim
my limbs are too short
much like a shrimp
i find solace in the sunrise
and mend my heart
with poetry from the ancient quill
where meaning to love
is explicated in depth
© MZEE MACH
_27th Nov, 2024
I gazed at the city lights,
but felt nothing—
this city,
a vault of memories,
echoes of my life.
I turned my gaze to the sky,
the stars, indifferent,
as if I stared into infinite nothingness.
In his eyes, I sought
that spark to make my heart beat again,
but found only emptiness.
The music played,
yet I could not hear its song—
sight and sound, mere whispers,
touching my mind,
but never reaching my heart
nor my soul.
Am I but a shadow,
adrift above the ocean,
unable to dive into its depths,
deprived of the beauty,
the life hidden beneath the waves?
my tears are like an ocean
i’m waiting by the beach
for people that don’t exist
and looking at the sea
catching the next flight
to a sinking island
under a navy jeans sunset
stars messing around
like splotches of white paint
from trying to erase the past
the tears and the beach
i wanted to forget that night
and drown you in the ocean
so that i could say for certain
that you’re not real
and you never were.
The trees rustling, sound like the oceans
Coming up to shore and going out
Slowly calming sounds of the motions
Knowing a crab is walking all about
My life is also like the oceans
Constantly seeking approval of life
All we have is our emotions
Screaming into our eyes
As I’m laying here, not by a beach or a crab
But reality is sad, but clear
My back is flat as if on a slab
Restfully and peaceful, but longing to be there
Mind slowly shutting down
Darkness claims my body
My dreams are spotty
But always around.
By: Iva Lou DeSiata
Woke up today and it all came rushing back,
All the thoughts and pain and emotion,
Crying on my way to work, I'm going to crack,
Pounding me like the waves of the ocean.
I am not okay, and you couldn't care less,
A beautiful life built for us, now in ruin,
You left me all alone to clean up the mess,
And I still just want to know how you're doing.
I'm so ed up inside and out,
I'll never be the same,
Agony overtakes, no will to even shout,
And I wrap my self in a blanket of shame.
I am the fury of anguish,
Screaming to the heavens,
Crying, dieing, I languish,
Lementing my concessions.
I am the wrath of scorn,
Embodiment of war,
Once whole, forever torn,
Survivor, washed ashore.
I am the passion of lust,
Razing cities for her touch,
Corrosive, patient as rust,
I'm the broken, she's the crutch.
I am the rage of love,
Blissful and ignorant,
Brought down from above,
Ecstacy belligerent.
I am the broken man,
Consumed by his emotions,
Without aim, sight, or plan,
Crashing in the ocean.
-Shining Moon-
I see you peeking up from the ocean..
Hello my little friend
Can you see me like I see you
You look so bright
Your smiling from below
You start to wake up and enlighten the World
But.. are people really seeing you and your smiling brightness
I see you.. your my brightness..
Your my reason why I smile
Glowing, radiating your joy..
Hello my little friend.
I see you.