Poems about Depression

• Dysfunctional in Distress

  A dark past is sewn in my heart with a thick thread / It’s inescapable, inerasable / It’s tightly stitched with constant causes for dread / It renders me incapable… / / Incapable of normalcy by my or any definition / For I am truly enslaved

  by oxymoron270 134 words, 2 comments, on Jun 29 6:58 PM. In Personal, Life, Sad, Thoughts, Pain, Depression, Sadness, Anger
• Mirror

  by Kevan 53 words, 6 comments, on Jun 7 9:25 AM. In Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Rhyme, Pain, Depression, Sadness
• The Fear Lives On

  The uneasiness has been battling her stomach, / It’s been conquering her since last night. / She knows the pangs of panic will only worsen

  by oxymoron270 425 words, 1 comment, on Jun 1 9:06 PM. In Free verse, Personal, Life, Sad, Thoughts, Pain, Depression, Sadness, Anger
• Icicle Prayers

  She whispered her song beneath the lonely street lamp, / Murmuring prayers in the whistling night’s wind. / She paused and listened intentl

  by oxymoron270 207 words, 4 comments, on May 23 10:10 AM. In Free verse, Life, Sad, Pain, Depression, Sadness, Loss, Thoughts
• oubliette

  smoke blew up through the roof / her red hands expose the truth / firelight beauty offsets / while he burns in his regrets / somewhere between lips and hips / send him off with a kiss / sinking like a sailor / goes down with his ship / and

  by mufinhxc 77 words, on Mar 16 2:38 PM. In Love, Personal, Sad, Life, Dark, Thoughts, Depression, Sadness, Anger, Loss, Anguish
• the lush

  while you can say i exaggerate everything / i see where it's all headed / i just admit the inevitable before it's time / it terrifies me, the anxiety is unbearable / i wallow in what i could have been / endless dreams of the waking / ideas tha

  by mufinhxc 164 words, on Mar 8 6:09 PM. In Personal, Sad, Life, Dark, Thoughts, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Anger, Hate
• We'll Rain Blood On Your Parade

  You sit there and play happy families, / Smiles all around. / Colour and joy just filling the Earth, / Perfect clear skies. / Animals and flowers of beautiful gardens, / The sun shining. / We’ll rain blood on this parade. / / But you

  by StarsFallForUs 180 words, 9 comments, on Dec 14 3:33 PM 2008. In Dark, Depression, Suicide, Family, Loss, Pain, Death, Sadness, Other, Sad, Hate
• My Special Place

  A smile beyond the heartache,
  The tears beyond the eyes;
  

  by ktwages 113 words, 1 comment, on May 15 5:35 PM 2008. In Personal, Sadness, Depression
• The Message

  This beach is red / with sand from stones as old as Earth. / Our grey sea, long ago, / reduced the granite peaks to dunes / and today, /

  by Riveralex 260 words, 29 comments, on Feb 12 12:50 PM 2008. In Nature, Angst, Spiritual, Survive, Pain, Life, Depression, Sadness, Inspirati