Depression Is when You want to do something But lack the motivation And feel like you Can do Nothing. Depression Is when You feel an overwhelming sadness That does not go Does not ask But simply stays As it slowly puts out The fire In your heart. Depression Is when You feel hunger And yet you do not eat Because to cook Is far Too much effort And who are you To take that food? Depression Is when You feel pain To a massive scale But none of it Truly goes away. You have good days And bad days Joyous moments And horrific ones. But depression Is when Even your good moments Are tainted By the knowledge That you will soon Slip back Into the gaping abyss Of sadness and despair That is Your psyche. There is no cure, Not a universal one, At least. If your depression Is caused by Loneliness Or heartbreak, Than perhaps A partner Could end it. If your depression Is caused By asinine family members, Then maybe If they were just nice Instead of mean They Could end it, But the problem With depression Is that No one knows That you have it Unless you tell them. And if you do, They will either Back away As if from leprosy Or some contagious disease Or they will Know nothing of it And abandon you Or they Will completely Over re-act, And send you to A therapist Which sometimes May help And other times May make worse The depression. But sometimes If you tell The right people They will simply Be there for you And help you through And whether They know how Depression works Or not It often Does not matter So much as the fact Of knowing That someone out there Truly cares About what happens To you. And that Is the only Universal Relief. And so thank you For being there When you Can.