Depression
A Poem About Depression and How to Get out of It
they say the depression could be healed
with antidepressants
the doctors
they say to take a 1 10mg pill a day
the therapists
they say
let’s talk again next week
so you take the pill
and you start talking
but you still feel misunderstood
you feel like something’s off
the therapist says
let’s talk again next week
you keep taking the pill
only to feel apathy
and sedated from feeling your own
feelings
and you feel more disconnected to
yourself than ever before
you keep looking for answers
not knowing where to turn
you try talking to your family
but they don’t understand
you try talking to your friends
but they just give you advice
you want to get out of this mess that
you’re in
so you’re willing to take all the advice you
could get
but really deep down
you just want to be understood
you just want to be heard
I get it
I’ve been there
but back to the advice
you listen to it
and you try to apply it
but something is still off
so you keep looking for answers
in books
in movies
in music
in people
in everything you could find
you already threw out the
antidepressants
you already talked to the therapists
to family
to friends
and you didn’t get the answers you were
looking for
but my dear one
the answers you’re looking for
you already have
they’re buried deep within you’re being
covered in layers of past traumas
past heartbreaks
past hurts
the only way to uncover those
is to go deep within
do the inner work
shed the layers
shed the hurts
deal with the painful emotions that you
held in for so long
write a song about it
write a poem about it
keep it to yourself
or share it with some in hopes to inspire
someone else
just let it all out
on a piece of paper
and release it
say everything you want to say and
more
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