Suffocating Depression Poem by Virginia Cairns

How strange is it,
When you are all fine and dandy

Feeling happy go lucky
Like everything is perfect.

And out of nowhere
When good news comes

You just swell up
Ready to burst but not able to

You are a mispelled word on a perfect paper
Desperately needing to get erased and rewritten,

But no matter how hard you try,
It can't happen

The swelling inside doesn't go down
Doesn't budge at all

In fact,
That annoying feeling

It gets worse!
It just blooms like a rose during spring

You feel your heart throbbing every beat
Not slowing not speeding up

It doesn't change for the better
It doesn't ease up even the slightest

It gets to the point where you can't take it anymore
The pain inside is too much to bare

Screaming as loud as possible to hopefully help
The loudness dulling the pain even a little

Suicide sounds so beautiful to you
Stabbing the place where the pain is

Oh what a beautiful feeling that would be
To end all of the pain

I can't take this anymore!
It just hurts too much

Goodbye to all those who I love
I am sorry but I've had enough

Of my personal baggage
Of this suffocating depression

Farewell forever!