- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The Wave of Depression
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it comes in waves
this lost feeling of loneliness
that no one understands
the utter conviction that no one understands
and nothing is real
i watn to feel like i'm here
but my limbs are numb
and there's nowhere but down
lungs bursting for air
but i can't breathe this atmosphere
there's no rhyme
no reason
i can be up up up
i can be happy
it happens
and then without warning
waves
that steal my breath
and i'm drowing
i've been swimming for years
but i can't find my way to this surface
and i'm swamped
it seems like the water is always there
and has always been there
i may break through
on occasion
find driftwood... stay afloat
until the next wave
and i wonder sometimes
when it's going to end.
you are the light at the end of the tunnel
and i'm terrified
- COMMENTS
Angelineabout 16 years agowhat depression feels like. It feels like drowning. I've been there; I'm not there now. Keep writing--it helps, and know that others are rooting for you. Good poem!
calminspirationabout 16 years agoI can really relate to this poem.. I have moments that I am so happy and then its like my world crumbles and this blanket of numbness and dark shadows consume me..
Syndra Lynnabout 16 years agoCalifornia rain is NOT helping my own damp mood. I really like this read with the exception of the last 2 lines.
