Depression takes a hold of me Like a predator does its prey It chews me up and spits me out In this wicked game it plays It leaves me feeling paralyzed And drowns out all my screams It takes what little hope I have And haunts my every dream It steals the sunshine from the sky And drowns me in the rain It tortures me with the demons That have caused me so much pain It shows me a life, so dark and empty I don’t want to believe that it’s real I start searching for ways to end my life To avoid how this all makes me feel My depression does not give a warning sign It creeps up on me unannounced It hides behind walls that my stress will tear down And then it decides to pounce It beats me until I can barely walk And forces me to choke on my tears It attacks me with all of the demons I hide And feeds off of all of my fears It shows me the devil I hide deep inside The person that everyone hates I know the depression will **** me someday It’s just waiting for me to make a mistake.