Aug 2014
Things Within
(A poem on Depression)
Things within are hard to see
But we feel them deep inside
When others ask how we are
We smile and tell them lies
Things within our inner thoughts
That seem to never go away
Emotions that cannot be stopped
We hear them each and every day
Things within that no one knows
And we hope they never do
Many different parts of life
We hide from daily view
Things within we must let go
Like the demons from our past
We try to push them far away
And hope they don't come back
Things within they can be changed
If we share them with a few
Know many others have things within
It is not just only you
We all have things within
Carl Joseph Roberts
(A poem on Depression)
Things within are hard to see
But we feel them deep inside
When others ask how we are
We smile and tell them lies
Things within our inner thoughts
That seem to never go away
Emotions that cannot be stopped
We hear them each and every day
Things within that no one knows
And we hope they never do
Many different parts of life
We hide from daily view
Things within we must let go
Like the demons from our past
We try to push them far away
And hope they don't come back
Things within they can be changed
If we share them with a few
Know many others have things within
It is not just only you
We all have things within
Carl Joseph Roberts
This poem written in response to the Dread Poet Roberts who is having a poetry contest to bring awareness to the issue of depression. Although the Dread Poet Roberts has my last name, He/She is no relation to me at all. The poem is meant to bring light to depression and how some feel it deep inside every day and must attempt to hide it. The every day struggle to overcome. No matter what, never think you are alone.
