Coping With Depression Poem by Chelsea Lybbert

Living a normal life,
Something I would like to do,
Something I wish would come to me.
I miss smiling and laughing,
I miss the happy thoughts and feelings,
I miss the optimism and joy.
Living with depression,
Spiraling constantly downward,
Living with pain and hurt,
Crying the nights away,
And putting on a fake face,
To cope with the coming day.
Trying to be happy,
Trying to change my ways,
Constantly ignoring the pulsing,
Throbbing,
Aching feeling,
Of wanting to put a blade to my skin.
Wanting to replace the pain,
With something more easily dealt with,
Something to help hide the hurting,
Breaking soul that resides in my shell.