Mental Health Awareness Week

Depression hits people is many ways, so many people have been effected with mental health issues, especially through Covid and now the cost of living and so much more. We can never prepare for, but have to work through to the end.

The Emotional state of Affairs

This emotional tide is so devastating

it takes me through all the highs and lows

such extremes affects my mental balance

inability to react with others, really shows

this world feels so heavy on my shoulders

a crushing sensation weighs upon my soul

what should of been a normal reaction

sends me crashing under the strain as a whole

for depression isn't just a sadness

it`s  a complete emptiness as well

somehow you feel so utterly trapped

locked in a prison, just wanting to yell

spiralling downwards into an abyss

for nothing feels it will ever be right

though I'm told that I should cheer up and smile

I would prefer to hide and stay out of sight

a sinking sensation settles upon me

I feel my back is pushed against the wall

where should I go? there`s no where to run to

who`s there to help me, who do I call?

for all these dark feelings binding me to the floor

tears trickling down my cheek, I feel so doomed

escape seems so futile here within my world

this depression has me, I'm totally consumed

© Lissie Bull 2023