Depression knocked on my door,
And I told it,
Have a seat,
It wasn’t even dawn,
At least let me have a cup of coffee,
In peace, at least-
I said to my depression.
Depression knocked on my door,
And I welcomed it
With open arms,
We’ve been together
For so long now,
We might as well be friends,
Right?
Depression knocked and I welcomed it.
Depression knocked on my door,
And we had a one sided-
Conversation,
While the sky turned golden behind us,
I said-
You’ve had your stay
And I have entertained you,
Now- it’s time to take your leave,
I said to my depression.
Depression knocked on my door,
Like an unwanted guest,
Which tends to overstay it’s welcome.
But the birds sung a melodious,
Tune In the background,
And I turned the door knob
To a lock,
With a passion I didn’t think,
Existed within me,
I said to my depression-
We are done!
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Wonderful, Ameena! I hope the lock remains turned. 🙂 A beautifully written poem expressing something I can definitely relate to.
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Thank you very much Louise. That’s the whole point of this, connecting via poetry ❤
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Beautifully written… absolutely loved it! 😃
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Thank you! I’m glad you do 😄
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You’re welcome. 😃
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Wonderful words of courage to encourage us! Thank you.
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Thank you very much. The pleasure is mine ☺
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AMEN to locking the door! Don’t let depression “blackmail” you! ❤ ya!
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Oh no we won’t!!! We are saying No to blackmail and giving up 😂
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This is a beautiful and powerful piece. I wish we really could say “we are done.” But at least I think you say, we can try to be positive about it.
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I know Mandi… I wish we could just say “depression leave” and it goes. This is just one of my wishful thinking poems 😄
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It is good be done with it forever 🙂 nice piece.
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Haha, ohh yess it is 😄
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This was such an encouraging read. Filled me with a sense of positivity. I sincerely hope the door stays locked. Take care. Much love to you Ameena.
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Thank you very much Vidisha. You’re a darling 😊😊
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Beautiful!!
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Thank you Lynz 🙂
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Powerful words for a powerful illness. Weldon, Ameena.
Hope you’re having a peaceful rest from blogging.
Isadora 😎
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That’s … well done. My spell check think it knows what I want to say. LOL
Can you correct and delete this one. Thank you … 😎
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Hahaha, I know that feeling. It tends to think it knows mine too, and at times it’s so wrong! And Thank-you very much.
I figured I don’t “have” to blog every single day 🙂
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Loved it! I so know the feeling of having invited depression to “come and sit a spell.” Hopefully, I , too, will be able to one day turn that lock.
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I am glad you like! 😄ameen to that prayer. ❤❤
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Beautifully written, thank you for sharing ❤
I've written an article myself on my own depression and history – and how I believe writing helps us and can help us to combat this. Check it out if you like. https://emilycrutcheruk.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/how-writing-is-helping-me-combat-anxiety-and-depression/
Emily x
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Thank you Emily,I will check it out, I also believe that writing it out helps a lot in dealing,
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Reblogged this on LightExistence and commented:
Reblogged from the “Randoms by a Random” blog.
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Love this!! Going to reblog!! Xo ❤
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Yay!!!! Thank y very much for the reblog. I really appreciate it 😄
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Hugs! 🙂 💚
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Reblogged this on Labeled Disabled and commented:
Love this “conversation with depression”
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Thank you very much for the reblog. I am so glad you liked it
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🙂 💚
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I love your soul. Depression is real and what burns me inside so deeply is how so many people who have never experienced that never ending agonizing pain, can just treat it as nothing and or treat us like the plague. I deal with it often for various reasons, sometimes I can’t even pin point it. This was healing. Thank you for this. Peace and love to you.
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I literally said out loud “oh my”, it’s one of the best feelings for me to read a comment from someone who connects with the poem. It’s actually pains me that people can dismiss something as hurtful as mental illness, casually and they aren’t even willing to understand it.
No, thank you. ❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts in this form of poetry. It just shows the things that we people with depression are struggling from in our day to day lives. Depression comes to our lives unexpectedly. Even in our most best form and stable days, once it knocks on our door, it can start to shatter us into pieces. Everything then just starts to fall apart, we begin to develop this various feelings of helplessness, worthlessness, and then be overcome with guilt. It’s a day to day struggle, and just like your poetry at the end, we have the power to overcome it and be able to lock depression away in our lives.
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The pleasure is all mine, and thank you very much for reading this piece of mine and commenting thoughtfully in it. I wanted to depict the relationship with depression could go on for so long that, it feels like a guest that’s bound to always come because it will be welcomed in. And someday, it will come to find the door locked ❤️
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Wow, this is crazy hauntingly beautiful. I don’t write a lot of poems, but I do have one called “A Life Waiting” (https://warriorprincesscait.com/2016/10/17/a-life-waiting/) and a lot of articles about mental health and medication. Hope you check it out! I definitely love your writing. I’m glad you won the fight :). Keep fighting!!!!!
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What a well written poem
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Beautifully written and a great depiction. I thank you for this post!
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Love this Post!😊😊
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Love this post!😊
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This is awesome! I love it.
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Thank you very much. I am glad you do 😊
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Wonderfully written. Depression is so common and so difficult:/ I just wrote about telling the difference between sadness and depression. I feel like people often mix them up
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Beautiful poem.
I love the ending too. I don’t know you, but I’m sure with this kind of soul that shows through your poetry, you are absolutely stunning in every way. Depression can’t knock down your door!
Stephie
http://www.dearonlinediary.com
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Nice insight
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This is short and crisp. Beautifully written!
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Thank you very much 😊
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I wish I didn’t recognise these feelings so well… But how beautifully worded they are. Hang on to that passion!
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Awesome post. Love it 🙂
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Thank you very much. I’m glad you like it.
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