-depression- Poem by Carolyn Ford Witt

-depression-



-DEPRESSION-

I Am, crawling in the basement
Of a house so-called depression,
Cannot lift myself from under
This Rock of non-expression.

Just lingering in the darkness,
Not a candle in the way
And now I lie here motionless
Into another day.

No feelings in my body,
No thoughts to fill my mind;
For if I cannot awake from this
My fate is now resigned.

There lurking in the darkness
Is one who summons me.
The man who holds the sickle
Does now call out in glee.


Author: Carolyn Ford Witt
Ms. Caroline
©2006

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Angel OfGod 20 October 2009

I can truly enjoy a poem when it embodies my own darkness and fears. This one was very well versed also. Thank you for sharing it with me.

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