I got into the game 'Doki Doki Literature Club' lately. I struggle with depression, and it's cathartic for me to see fictional characters struggling with many of the same issues that I've struggled with. The game planted the idea in my head that I could also express myself when I was sad using poetry.
I've never written poems before, and I don't know crap about writing them in any sort of formal sense. What I do like is being able to use a few, really meaningful, symbolic words to express my feelings. I also use my favorite song lyrics as a guide. My main test is if it sounds good when said aloud.
Doing these poems (even though I didn't do them every day like in Doki Doki Literature Club) helped me feel better. My hope is that reading them will help people with depression feel less alone, and also help non-depressed people understand what happens inside the mind of someone with depression or just a negative outlook on life.
If people like these, it could be the start of me doing a bunch more and maybe even publishing a book of poetry, I'm just 'testing the waters' here so to speak. So please share these with your friends and family if you like them, and comment if you'd like to hear more. Also feedback is appreciated, especially since like I said, I don't know much about poetic formalities, and am just trying to express my emotions in a very raw way. So I could use the help of someone who knows poetry better than I do. Thanks!