Poems About Depression

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  • Hold on 1

    by Jack Nightengale

    I climb the mountain with no safety line,
    Hanging by fingernails out of my mind...

  • Dimensionless. 1

    by Poet on the Piano

    You ask what depression’s like for me, and I try...
    how it comes in a myriad of shapes and shades...

  • Another Night 1

    by Jack Nightengale

    How many lights have disappeared now?
    An endless world of darkness and no light...

  • Nothing left to fight for. 1

    by Poet on the Piano

    There’s no point in getting up
    Just stay in bed, no one wants you anyway...

  • Voice of Ink 1

    by Synful

    She sits alone amongst her thoughts,
    Fingers absently directing pen across paper...

  • A dozen words left unsaid. 1

    by Poet on the Piano

    (trigger warning)
    It was messier than I meant it to be...

  • Pieces 1

    by FiecreGoddessLu

    Do you see them?
    Because I do...

  • Self-trust (1) 1

    by Jenna Bella Oldridge

    I keep my temper but I am angry.
    I save my arguments for in the shower...

  • I Remember Laughing In My Therapists Face (1) 1

    by Jenna Bella Oldridge

    I walked every avenue of avoidance just to find...
    Everytime I shut down the experience it resurfaced...

  • A Life Without Music 1

    by Jenna Bella Oldridge

    It's the song I had on repeat when I was broken.
    The one I kept going back too...

  • How To Be Genuine (1) 1

    by Jenna Bella Oldridge

    I am not OK.
    I haven't been OK in a long time...

  • I Thought I Was Better (2) 1

    by Kryptonite Dreamer

    I thought I was getting better,
    I thought I was free from the dark path...