Poems about depression 💜
Hello everyone 💙
I think many of us who experience depression find comfort in reading or in writing 💜 especially poetry. So recently I’ve been thinking it would be nice to create a space where we can share poems related to depression and loneliness 💙
Feel free to share your own poems or poems you read somewhere else 💜
And a last one (one of my favorites) lyrics/poem by John Cale.
(Sorry for adding a lot of songs - but for me, not a poetry reader, those are the ones I listen to)
Dying on the vine
I wish someone would show me where to draw the line
I'd lay down my sword if you would take it
And tell everyone back home I'm doing fine
Trading clothing for some wine
Smelling like an old adobe woman
Or a William Burroughs playing for lost time
I was thinking about what's mine
I was living my life like a Hollywood
But I was dying on the vine
The troops, the celebrations in the sun
The authorities say my papers are all in order
And if I wasn't such a coward I would run
Meet me on the other side of town
Yes, you can bring all your friends along for protection
It's always nice to have them hanging around
I was thinking about what's mine
I was living my life like a Hollywood
But I was dying, dying on the vine
@BeCreative1967
thank you for sharing some more lyrics ☺️ I haven’t really listened to their songs before. I’ll check them out now hehe 💜
So I posted this on the poems group but it think this is a appropriate place to repeat it.
Darkness
A darkness surrounds me
Like a blanket it smothers
No stars or moon
Complete and inky
This forever night
That eclipses all of me
How I long for the light
For rays of freedom to shine upon my face
And for the shade that holds me in place
To fade without a trace
How i dream of the day when my soul is free to take flight
mind to wonder with thoughts of delight
And emotions unshackled form the shadows of doubt
Will forever shell I be swallowed by this darkness? Or shell one day i walk free
@wolfman77
This is so beautifully written 💙 and it captures the thoughts and emotions of being in a dark place perfectly :'3 thank you for sharing your piece 💜
Keep writing!
@LoveMyMoonflowers it's a song, not a poem, but one of my favourite lyrics ❤️
When you were standing in the wake of devastation
When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown
And with the cataclysm raining down, insides crying, "Save me now"
You were there, impossibly alone
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
You build up hope, but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go
Let it go
And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of tempered grace, falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
You build up hope, but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go
Let it go
@mish3l
Thank you so much for sharing these lyrics 🥰 They’re beautifully written and vivid. 💙
@LoveMyMoonflowers yeah it's a beautiful song too and the last three sentences teach me to let go of my worries 😊❤️
I also like this verse. It's not exactly about depression but it brings comfort in tough times:
Weep not for roads untraveled
Weep not for sights unseen
May your love never end
And if you need a friend
There's a seat here alongside me ❤️
@mish3l
awwe i love that 🥺💕 thank you so much for sharing 💜
@LoveMyMoonflowers
That's such an interesting idea!! I have no poems to share and i wasn't really interested into writing one. I like more expressing my feelings while singing. I just pick a random tune and sing about whatever i am feeling. It's therapeutic.
@schrodingerscattt
Awwe 💜 I think we all have different ways of expressing ourselves. We’re all unique 💙 and that’s beautiful. I’m glad to hear you have found singing therapeutic (:
@LoveMyMoonflowers
Writing poetry is a great idea and is a extremely wonderful outlet for how someone is feeling.
@Smalltownpoet12
I agree wholeheartedly! 💙
