it’s hard to breathe air
your lungs barely work
the weight on your chest is too much to bear
you’re on the inside going berserk
you can hardly move a step
your body just feels so heavy
no matter your efforts, you barely schlep
clunk around like a rusty ‘86 Chevy
sometimes you shake
can’t control the tremor
or get vomit inducing headaches
people avoid you like you’re a leper
you’re surrounded by darkness
despite always trying to live in the light
it swallows you whole, regardless
you try to oppose it with allll your might
it tries so hard to control you
and most days it succeeds
but one day you will push through
battle scars guaranteed
because on that day you remember
depression lies
[…] It’s telling me I’m not happy, that I am not okay. Because that is what depression does. Depression lies. It tells you awful things and then convinces you they are facts. It makes you see and feel things […]
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