Depression Poem by david lessard

There was a time, when I knew no sadness-
There was a time, when I knew no pain;
There was a time, when all I knew was gladness,
I think that was a time, that I will never see again.

If I had not know joy, would I ever know of sorrow?
If I never had contentment, would I know defeat?
Now I have doubts and fears of my tommorows,
Wondering of the loneliness I now must meet.

I was happy, and I was full of wonder,
I was laughing as I went through life;
Now I've fallen and it's caused me to blunder,
Now I face uncertainty and strife.

I never knew that I would face a ugly wall,
I never saw the losing side of heartbreak;
Now I feel as if my world's come to a stall,
I'm in a world of something I did not make.

What's left for me as I keeping sinking down?
Is there a sun that shines behind that gloom?
Why do I find hard to smile, but not to frown?
The light is fading from my closed and empty room.