“Depression”
A word no one quite understands
Unless you’re stuck in it
It feels like a void
Dragging you into a hurtful word
Hurtful world
That forces you to hurt yourself
When I say the word
“Depression”
I get
“You have no reason to be sad”
What about all the violence
I see at home
I see at school
I see on the TV
“Depression”
Where I see people’s rights get stripped away
So I have to fight every day
To keep mine
“Depression”
Is a void that no one can see us in
A void that covers us in a silencing box
A void that cuts into our skin
when no one else is around
“Depression”
Is slowly drowning in the sea of tears
people create
“Depression”
A plague that directs itself toward innocents
Causing them to either
kill themselves
Or
Kill each other
“Depression”
The plague that makes my happiness
As fragile as a broken eggshell
“Depression”
A black fire
It burns my fair skin
As your sun does you
“Depression”
Laying in bed sleeping through the day
Only to be thrown out the next
“Depression”
Telling people you’re fine
“Depression”
Cancer that plagues your thoughts
Depression
– Abigail Rose Sabo