Written: 1/14/2025
It's the miserable life of a depressed hypochondriac.
15 years and the shadow hands stretch
out to torment me.
I was in bed crying out to God, this is my
suffering on a plate with abundance.
I feel like my soul is sick.
The thought came to mind while sobbing:
"This is a dark night".
Men who'll pay in the end don't care about sick souls.
As long as they have sports, food, *** & comfort
they'll gladly walk to hell.
Last Thursday I just walked around my apartment
all day trying to sleep to no avail.
Here's to the open page being the best and worst of my grips;
I need another part time job because I can't be
left alone with my thoughts anymore.
Repeating to Yahweh anything I could think of then
once the tears stopped I remembered why I hate praying quietly.
I see the cracks in my rage and run off from
a vivid life of black ashes.
Pulled the covers up and stopped moving in the cold stillness.
I guess these are the notes of a scoundrel but it
can't stay this way, I have to stand face to face with my fear.
It's like one of those antidepressants where going cold turkey
causes pacing in the backyard for a year straight.
Back and forth, back and forth.
A poem about praying at night © Jan 31, Sean C. Stucki slice • of • life