Depression Free Verse Poems

I have to deal with Noah when I wake up.
When I sleep.
In the middle of the day.
Where's my rest?
I have to deal with him when...

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1.)
Slept most of my life 
Forget the stress 
The best kind of strife is the kind kept repressed 
Every guy just gotta accept we’re inclined...

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I read a poem about
      a mother, a saintly mother,
      who, with knotted and veined
...

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My face is tired looking.
They tell me that.
I’m like a zombie, except I have health insurance.
Meds should help.
But I’m claustrophobic.
The pill bottle I’m in is...

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Let’s talk about feelings - feelz.
Does anything else really matter?
Ok, sure - health - yeah, right up there.

Covid was my generation’s depression (literally).
Maybe not for...

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I’ll never be rich.
My skateboard broke one day.
It was the second time I tried it.
The first time, I almost broke my hand.
But this is worse,...

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The rest of my life could be.
Like getting a package in the mail.
It’s shoes and they fit perfectly but I don’t care.
The rest of my...

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It gets better
Taking things day by day
Its a little easier to get up in the morning
To smile and make breakfast and wash your face
To do...

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Tearing up journal pages.
Then cleaning my room to feel better.
Organizing my closet.
I hate my clothes, but I hate everything, anyway.
When I was young and depressed.
It...

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27 years it took her to realize she wasn't alone;
she had herself.
But who was she? She felt more.
So she left. Alone like an iceberg, she...

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Dark clouds hang over space
With a heavy head , I sit desolate
A passer-by can tell by my  stance
Or by a mere gaze at my...

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The future doesn’t do much.
Just like paint.
When it’s in a can, it’s nothingness.
When it’s on the wall, it’s covering everything up.
The kitchen walls were just...

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have you ever grappled with despair
not in imagery, symbolism or portrayal.

I mean, have you ever felt the elevator drop
the watery weakness that extenuates breath
a depth...

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we had all grown used to seeing me in a hospital bed
but this time, 
i don’t know if i’ll pull through.

my mother is a brilliant...

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All my life,
I’ve ran from what is,
Out of fear, but hope too,
For my minutes with you are short.
I run for
You, I run towards you, afraid...

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