Depression Poem
Behold, a surface devoid of depth
Tears are irrelevant
They require energy
I can only pass time
Slowly, like the turning
Of the earth
Spins out of habit
And I cling to a past
Where hope heralded a reason
To move
Time is your enemy, now
Watch as it unfolds another minute
Sinking deeper
Into your own eyes
Closing to the rhythm
Of the rain
Comes down in sheets now
Mocking your lack of tears
Oh, Comforter
Where is your comfort?
I never meant for it to be like this
I never meant
You have to eat the pieces
That shatter into existence
When you reflect back on yourself
Eat your own guts
Tangled in a knot
Before you can see the flowers
Rising from the rain
You have to chew your own lips
Bite your teeth
Taste your tongue
Before one second of this moment
Crashes through the sky
To remind you
You are there
You are there
And the rhythm of your heartbeat
Lurches for a drum
Bridling desire in its own
Red essence
The forgotten throbbing of pain
It’s on days like today
Days that fling themselves into existence
Days that drum slow and sad to the melancholy
Throb of heartpain
That I think death could be as good a friend
As sleep
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