Depression (Under The Cloak Of Darkness)

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Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

0 posted 2002-07-22 06:35 PM

Like a blanket I will cover you
In the depths of your despair
I can visit you at will
As I trap you in my lair

I am dark and forboding
Not pleasant in the least
I now have you in my power
You cannot tame this beast

I prey on those most vulnerable
When gloom is knocking at your door
I come in many shapes and forms
Inside your mind I eagerly explore

'tho I'm there you cannot see me
Your imagination running wild
Sometimes you curl up like a foetus
And you wish you were a child

Most times I can be treated
But I seldom go away
I'm like a virus in your mind
Deep inside is where I lay

* * * *

I wrote this as a challenge poem but
was also writing it from personal
experience for I suffered post natal
depression after the birth of my
daughter in 1992.

[This message has been edited by Suetang (07-22-2002 07:55 PM).]

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

1 posted 2002-07-22 07:16 PM

Sue: It must have been a horrible experience for you to go through. I hae known depressed people and it's such a struggle for them to get through even one day. Very well done.

Betty Lou Hebert

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2002-07-22 07:24 PM

So sad....
So understood by this reader.
~Hugs to you sweetie~

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

3 posted 2002-07-22 08:08 PM

Such beautiful insight into such darkness. I think sometimes it is a calling when some can express these things for others from the reality of it. Takes much courage. ThisDiamond

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

4 posted 2002-07-22 08:55 PM

Sue I hope the depression never rears it's ugly head and shows it's face again. There is nothing worse.

Thank goodness you were able to get through it but I know it wasn't easy.

Hugs, Marti

"Even if life is full of thorns, I still embrace it for I know that in between those thorns, there is a rose worth all the pain."

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

5 posted 2002-07-22 09:05 PM

(big hugggssssssss) Oh Sue, this is so very sad, sweet friend, I'm sorr yyou went through depression, I'm happy you are much better now but it makes me sad thinking about it because when I was a little boy I was depressed every day up till I was about 14; I almost wouldn't be living now if it wasn't for my dad helping me out. Sometimes I still feel sad like now when I miss my Joanna so so much because she is so beautiful to me and I am scared I might lose my angel and I want to love her! (sigh) This is so sad but powerfully written, sweet friend, you are a true angel and I know you must have had a lot of strength writing this, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sue, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Goodknight
Member Elite

since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

6 posted 2002-07-22 09:07 PM

this poem captures so much feeling and insight - you write it so well that I can feel some of the emotions - thanks Sue - Paul

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