depression
depression is a darkness,
always above your head.
not many talk about it,
so I thought maybe instead
of pretending life’s all great,
I’d tell my simple truth:
that I’m a mental mess.
now I’ll leave the rest up to you,
to determine what
you will go and do.
the world needs to know:
that we’re all a little sad.
but some people
can never find the end.
sadness is a maze
without a lock or key
a maze of therapy,
medication and pain-
that often seem to be
a plain and simple dead end.
it’s hard to understand,
if you’ve never woken up
feeling- like a darkness
is holding you down.
the darkness isn’t real though,
it’s all in your head
and the darkness inside,
won’t ever let you win.