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Depression

And it's hard to breathe

It's so hard to speak

I use my anger as a sheathe

That covers my streak

Of pain and suffering

I can't help but contemplate

That all of my acting

Is helping the ones I hate

I want to be free of this

This bond that holds me

I want to feel bliss

And wouldn't you agree

That depression is a ***

When you know too much

Then depression is a slum

That holds you like a crutch

A crutch that is broken

A crutch that will fall

Unless you're out spoken

By friends who will call

Friends who will lift your spirits

Out of your downed state

You rise to appeal it

You break through the darkness

To arrive in the light

Only to be shut down again

Taken back to where you hate

Back to the place you put me

Back to me and my depression

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matthew-vera
Chilean
Published
Jan 4, 2010
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