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Depression

April 21, 2015
By SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Where is personal gain and perseverance without a couple failures?


What is depression?
It is the star unreached
And the ground untouched.
It is the "fly that can fly around Versailles"
"Cuz flies don't care".
It is the ocean, roaring,
Tearing around you,
Engulfing you in its waves
Yet not permitting you to succumb to darkness
Just as you are about to accept it.

It is total surrender
Unwanted, undaunted, uncared for.
It is the reaching for Heaven
While existing in Hell.
It is summer vacation on an unoccupied beach.
Alone and beautiful, with no one to care or notice.

It is the feeling of total loss
In the midst of uncountable gain.
The feeling of immense failure
In total success.
It is being loved and not loving.
It is depression and depression is frightening.


The author's comments:

Depression is something that I have been struggling with for several years now. It made me feel very lonely and isolated because nobody around me noticed. I wrote this poem for all the teens out there who also struggle with depression and to explain the depth of it. 


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on Sep. 17 2015 at 9:44 pm
SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Where is personal gain and perseverance without a couple failures?

Haha, thank you! Yeah, I was skeptical of that line, but it was a "Les Mis" reference. It stuck into my mind like Gorilla Glue and I had to put it in.

on Sep. 12 2015 at 8:48 pm
EmmaClaire0823 GOLD, Bay Minette, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

Okay, so, I think you captured depression in a different light. Good job on that. You talked about how you strive for happiness but stay in loneliness. That's a really good point. I don't like the line, "It is the "fly that can fly around Versailles" "Cuz flies don't care". That just doesn't fit in the poem to me. Other than that I really like this poem.

on May. 2 2015 at 9:55 am
SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Where is personal gain and perseverance without a couple failures?

Thanks! I found it therapeutic.

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on Apr. 27 2015 at 1:47 pm
Very brave. Nice job with the figurative language!