Slip on the mask Can’t let them see you cry Smile through the pain Tolerate living for one more day A mask of lies

Your inability to see What’s killing me Endlessly This is my destiny A loop of death

Ice cold Nice cold, Frosty breath Chilling death. Burning flame

What is the most painful word? Is it hate? That abject raging emotion that… Hate can be fulfilled, one way or… Or maybe it’s sadness?

My hopes have turned into air I simply could not care Spring is here My time is near Depression’s terrible snare

The moon howls out in the night In so much pain its beautiful comp… The sun writhes in the day sky in… How long can you stare at the sun… Grey storm clouds let loose a torr…

Writing poetry at 4 am Is not as romantic as the poets sa… It is not with love I write Or hatred It is neither

I can’t keep up this race, So bone-chillingly lonely, Still lingering in this cold place… I’ve had this dream before... Pain, agonizing pain strikes again…

Dim, grim, dark nights For thoughts to grow And darken even further still Sad, twisted, angry thoughts Swirl in the blackness that

Clear (Blurred) thoughts Crystal (Glazed) vision Fluffy (Misty tears) cloud Joy (Blood) boils up Heart soars (off a cliff)

The smile hides the tears The laugh conceals the pain The jokes save them from his suffe… “I’m fine” he says “I’m okay” he says

There is a beautiful glade Covered in white roses Shimmering in the sunlight Ranks of tall trees with golden le… Surround the glade

He is lost Alone Is he dead? Is he alive? Trembling hands

I hate smiling, Because it’s always fake. I hate laughing, Because it’s always empty. I hate this heart,

Depression is... Like a towering mountain, On my back Like my shadow, Always there, always dragging me d…