let’s have a little chat
even better, how ‘bout a game?
I will give you hints and clues
and you have to guess my name
I am not a single thing but many
combined into one
I can assure you
that I am not so fun
I am the almighty
stronger than most
I can crush to pieces
any vulnerable host
I am a bully
I can make you cry
make you hate life
make you wish to die
I am darkness
I can cloud your life
I can fill it with sorrow
I can fill it with strife
I am a nightmare
I can haunt you in your sleep
make you tired and scared
make you endlessly weep
I am pain
I can burn you like fire
make you try to hide me
turn you into a liar
I am rain
I can make everyday sad
make you long for the sun
make everything seem bad
I am a thief
I can steal real smiles from your face
I can make you feel self conscious
make nothing feel okay
I am glass
sharp like a knife
I could make you cut your skin
possibly end your life
I am a zombie
neither dead nor living
no matter what you couldn’t control
the amount of sanity you’d be giving
I am a disorder
I can fill you up with pain
I can slowly wash you away
yeah, I’ll make you go insane
I am a sickness
nothing doctors would find
I could eat away your happiness
loosen bolts in your mind
I am a menace
a constant parasite
I could take away everything
take it all without a fight
I am the bitter end
I doubt you could cope
I’m constantly tearing souls apart
and taking away all hope
I am not a single thing but many
combined into one
Have you guessed my name yet?
If so, guess what? I’ve won
you may think you’ve won
but, that isn’t really true
because if you understand this
I’ve already got you
I am depression
so dark and so cold
I’m rude, evil, and mean
I could have your life controlled
(I wrote this poem when I felt as if my depression was going to come back. My freshman year of high school was almost over and I was dreading the lonely summer ahead.)
