Dear Depression

Dear Depression,

You've hurt all my friends

You've stolen their youth

And You've totured their souls.

Dear Depression,

I've watched You starve them

of food and affection

and convince them they have not my love.

So began,

Dear Depression,

the story of

Your grip on me.

Dear Depression,

You isolated and hurt me,

You always assured me

There was no good reason to live.

You  deprived me of food,

Then stuffed me with sugar

"But that's not attractive"

so to the bathroom I ran.

There You met me again

I couldn't escape You.

You laughed through the mirror,

Sadistically using my gaze.

"Get out!" I screamed

Out of my head,

Out of my skin,

Out of my life.

There was nothing left

There was no one to love me

They mocked me as You do,

Dear Depression,

You forced them all down my throat.

You hoped it was enough.

You sent me to bed.

You pulled me into the dark...

"Yes they do."

I don't know the voice

But it rang in my ears

And made me fight again.

"I love you"

Was my note just in case

You were too strong.

Because that night I saw the truth.

Dear Depression,

I see what You've done

You made us Your slaves

But we're waking up.

Dear Depression,

don't You know

when You isolate so many,

You just create an army?

Dear Depression,

We got tired of You.

We want our lives back.

How dare You pursue those we love?

Dear Depression,

We are the rebellion

With battle scars and bones,

We all have our stories.

Dear Depresion,

We're fighting back,

Pulling away from the black,

The only thing we'll purge here is You.

Dear Depression,

You brought this on yourself.

We will break every last bond

Until all of Your slaves are set

Free.