Friday, September 22, 2023

Depression is an ugly disease. It sneaks up on you in moments and takes over for periods of time. While medicines can be of some comfort it finds ways around them and continues to wreak havoc. There are times when you believe that it has finally left you but it never really does so you are simply aware and hope it doesn’t return. And yes, some depressions are far worse than others.

What It Seems

The weight held me down

Filled my mind with clouds

Challenging my perspective

Leading to severe self doubt

The pain was equally horrible

Oppression filled constraint

Immobile through inaction

No room to foster debate

There were times it would seem

To others that nothing was wrong

I’d risen to the occasion

To them there was an appearance of strong

But just below the surface

There were moments of lingering dread

Where life’s very good moments

Were moments from being fully shred

Even in our strongest times

There are so many things that we could be

Because who we are isn't

What the world is willing to see

by Bill Ferguson