Comments : A Jacket of Lead

  • 7 years ago

    by Em

    This is very powerful and I believe that's how depression can make us feel. Trapped, drowning and imprisoned because of all the emotions we feel at once yet cannot explain.

    I engage in love making
    with the self-loathing that blossoms
    within my punctured veins
    and poisoned heart,
    as the guilt and grief
    encumbers my soul
    as if it were a jacket of lead,
    that is the vexing warden
    keeping me trapped
    at the bottom, underwater,
    losing my ability to breathe.
    ^^
    This is the most powerful part of writing I have read in ages. You have been hurt throughout life and it shows because you feel trapped and self-loathing.

    Take care Em