Saturday, 25 August 2018

Skin Deep (August 24, 2018)

Single lit candle
Bedroom window
Burns brightly.

Constant reminder
Hidden shameful pain
Soul destroying-effortlessly.

Despite outreach
Stigmatization exist
Ignorance based fear
Closing within.

Questioning gender
Moral character
Interacting with you.

Superficial facades
Appearance-only concern
Need happy-happy face
Avoiding unwanted attention.

Never reaches eyes
Dark polarized glasses
Perfect hide-all
No one asks.

Pressure mounts
Cataclysmic eruption
New reality
Question of time:

When and how
Volcanic explosion occurs
Claiming me.

Else
Walk away-repeating process
‘Til no more pain.

Therisa © 2018

Author's note: A blending of fiction and personal experiences, in dealing with depression.

1 comment:

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

I have heard that becoming angry (if you can) is the way to get yourself out of a depression.

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