Depression Life Poems | Examples
These Depression Life poems are examples of Life poems about Depression. These are the best examples of Life Depression poems written by international poets.
Guilty. You've chosen your poison.
You accept the worst consequences as inevitable.
Turning this around seems inconceivable.
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A heavy weight, a bending knee,
Forever strong, or cease to be—
Damn this hatred for given time,
Love was a respite so sublime—
A choice I face, a chilling fear,
To break apart; or persevere,
Endless days, or final sleep,
Which promise would I rather keep?
A crack, a snap, my body's plea,
Would ending it make me more than free?
Forevermore; hell is a gilded cage,
I'm dust to dust on history's page
Should darkness stain the shields of my defense
where refuge sought holds little glare or shine,
depression takes its toll at great expense
that sadly taints this fragile soul of mine.
The fortress walls grow weak amidst the storm,
should darkness stain the shields of my defense.
The siege consumes me whole might I conform.
Such penalties fall savagely immense.
Surrender could abandon this suspense,
to open wide the gates that welcome woe.
Should darkness stains the shields of my defense,
so common are the scars I've come to know.
Armed only with the strength of battles lost,
survival rears its head as wars commence.
I choose to hold my throne at any cost,
should darkness stain the shields of my defense.
I know how the cycles of life, death, and rebirth can be unfair.
I know how it used to feel like they never showed they care.
I know how it feels when nobody at all wants to share.
Sun, your golden hues so breathtaking. Your rays shimmer fearlessly, and your warmth radiates down so fierce. Your rays peek through the grim clouds, brightening all in their way; your warmth wards off the abiding gloom. The grass and flowers await your comforting rays to expel their gloom. Laying in the fields, I await the warmth of your comforting embrace to ground me.
Alone I walk along the street
that special someone I desperately seek
That person to come and make me smile
Yet I walk alone on my second mile
His life without a song
He’s got it all wrong
Can’t even sing the blues
if he can’t tie his shoes
No time to get out of the legal basis
They force us to live in debt
And only in fantasy there’s an oasis
We’re offered to keep what was kept
Choose your own God, cherish fairytale dreams
Pray and dream on like your neighbour
Work like a slave to possess what it means
Manage your social behaviour
And in the end it’ll be quite the same
An ordinary kind of day
Lay on the bed and just finish the game
Suddenly there’s no delay.
Welcome to my own neon keyboard on lowkey lonely life,
Where I face all of my own spiritual, financial crises,
I'm often left in a crisis trying to overcome vices.
This cold scheduled grey life
Has me so on point and on task
The tunnel vision is nauseating
The horse blinders debilitating
Want for what, wish for who
An existence built to hypnotize
Time coerced me into being
Unapologetically institutionalized
A February Walk
Nice cool weather
Bright cloudy sky
Peaceful quiet lake
Resting seagulls,
Swans and pigeons
Shadows of trees
Again changed and
Cleared everything
By a great walk
I was going to make both of you proud,
and stand out from the nameless crowd.
I had grand ideas, things I was gonna do.
No big deal, I was only passing through.
Everyone tells me that life is tough.
I guess I was not good enough.
Things didn't go as I wanted them to.
It's OK, I was just passin' through.
I could have been the one to offer you more,
but it doesn't matter much anymore.
Things could've worked out better between us two.
Don't worry. I was only passing through.
I've lost my inspiration, goals, and pride.
I'm getting awfully tired of this ride.
I'm ready for heaven, let me join the queue.
See you later. I was only passing through.
Can one learn how to live?
Life is not without difficulties and obstacles
Clear and bright, of one's own reason
or spiritual men and women
The power of faith for emotional health,
can improve your overall emotional well-being
A profound sense of spirituality
gives you a higher quality of life, with healing
How to deal with fear,
and the trigger thoughts that start worries
Knowledge gives another opportunities
to overcome stress in everyday life
The healing will happen,
when we allow ourselves to let go
Mosaic must be glued together from broken pieces,
as tissue, and thoughts flow out
Every morning I wake up,
Depression blanketing me.
It feels like I'm unable
To get away or be free.
I don't know if I can
Keep doing this anymore.
Every day seems to become
Even more of a chore.
I don't know how to get better.
I can't escape this dark place.
I can no longer keep
This fake smile on my face.
Life keeps getting worse
More and more each day.
I have no clue how to
Stop it or make it go away.
Every day this darkness
Finds its way inside of me,
Constantly tormenting me.
Why won't it let me be?
I don't have the strength
To pick myself up off the floor,
And I don't think I want
To save myself anymore.
The little boy I was…
The man I’m s’posed to be…
The distance ‘tween the two
Vast as the open sea.
The dreams I had are gone.
Naught left but memories,
And nothing in their place.
The worst of cruelties.
The little boy I was
I’m glad can’t see me now.
The changes I have made
Are more than he’d allow.
The man I’m meant to be?
He’d view me with disgust.
Lambast me to my face
For losing that boy’s trust.
And here, alone, I stand
Not either of the two
But somewhere in between
Not knowing what to do.
That little boy I was,
The man I’m s’posed to be,
Are both forever gone
Replaced by only me…