I wake, I wonder
What the day brings
I stare out the window
Feeling old, so old and sad
For the world out there is so truly mad
No joy, no content
Tears rolling down my face
I struggle to contain emotion
Oh take a breath! Breathe
Pain searing through my mind
Screaming, torturing
Why? Why me?
Life is so cruel, so invasive
To our precious selves
Our precious ones
Protection – a precious veil
Torn like living flesh
From dying prey
I have to face each day this life
Life given for what reason
I wonder why?
Why? Inside I struggle so
So hard to stay, so easy to go
All alone and nowhere’s home
Lives given, lives taken
Words unspoken
My life, my mind
My soul is broken
For many like me
Our minds unspoken
For the language of depression
In each and everyone of us
An individual creation
Our reality