Dear depression,
Dear never-ending partner of my life,
Dear my friends, my children, dear my husband and my wife
Dear thought in my head
You don’t stand in my way, you don’t define me, not even in moments I feel dead
Not in moments I feel sad
Not in moments I am mad
Dear depression, you are only in my head but my head is mine
You make me think critically, you make me fear, and that’s just fine
Because my mind is, and always will be mine
Dear depression, I love you!
Deeply so
So much, in grace my head I bow
So much I admire how you make me think
So much, that to forget I sometimes drink after a drink, after a drink
Dear
You ask who I am?
I can give you my name
And when you forget it
I will tell you again
But a name doesnt speak
it doesnt explain
who I want to become
Or who I am
Ill tell you a story
so you can see on your own
The person I am
and to what I have grown
I sing with the birds
When no one is there
I try to give love
and try to be fair
When you need my help
You can count on me
But please dont draw bounderies
Because I like to be free
When the sun goes to sleep
And the stars awake
I read and I read
for the readings sake
When the weather is bad
I dance in the rain
And when the sun shines
I do exactly the same
When the streets are quiet
I paint
You tear me up, and stitch together
But some pieces are too small to gather
The wind blows strong at missing pieces
Cooling down the sun that teases
Blown off by the wind and dried up by the sun
I have no strength just to go on
Once there was a boy, with brown hair and dark eyes
And he looked so honest, you`d believe anything, no matter how stupid his lies
But he was a good boy, was neither troubled nor bad
He chose to be kind and make people happy instead
His smile was as bright as a snow-white frozen lake
That lies so silent and calm in a frightening landscape
He was a very gentle boy and full of trust
There was no room in his heart for hate and disgust
In his life he had many girls that he loved, but one of them most
But her mind was so stiff, and her heart was closed
Once there was a girl, with a sick pale face
Her eyes were as empty as her longing gaze
For she
day by day, like year by year
she looks to the sky full of hope
until she sees it drop, the first tear
the wind is pulling her hair like a rope
Year by year, like day by day
the sky sheds more tears and despair
the stars getting pale, the clouds getting Grey
its just to much for the sky to bear
week by week and month by month
he keeps an eye on this world
he aint want to see them but sees People in tons,
and in between them he sees the Girl
month by month, and week by week
he Looks at this Girl full of wonder
she stands so tall and never Looks weak
her thoughts are as loud as the thounder
Be strong, my dear, dont let it go!
Dont give all the emotions and pain way to flow
Stay tall my Boy, dont look behind.
believe me, there is nothing good to find.
Raise your head, Little Girl, you have nothing to loose
this is an Option you have the right to choose.
Dont take that knife, my friend, it wont ease your pain
it will make it all worse and youll just do it again
Just think of the Beauty that forms in your life
dont destroy it by taking that knife!
I wish youd believe all the things ive just said
I know it is hard, but just get out of bed!
Then you will see that my words will come true
And your life will Change, the pain will
Several years it was ago
when we were trying
to hide our thoughts in shadows,
just not to see you crying
You were so innocent and clean
though three years older at the time
i would try by any mean
just not to see your Fading smile
You were Young but also strong
not like the rest of us
who were trying to belong
to a world of darkness and disgust
some years later it was may
and your eyes as sad as mine
with us you didnt want to stay
so you started your decline
Our lives were all so crappy
and my eyes, like yours, got sadder
though I did my best to make you happy
but I couldn`t do it better
then you saw the world like me
the world of emtyn
Bern. Ich sitze an einem Fluss, der wie das Leben an mir vorüber zieht. Mein Kopf ist voll, aber ich weiß nichts damit anzufangen. Zigarettenrauch gleitet über meine Lippen in die Umwelt. Ich wünschte es wäre Gift, dass, nachdem es seinen Zweck vollbracht hat, meinen Körper wieder verlässt. Die große Liebe ist schon fast vergessen. Ausgelaugt. Ausgelutscht. Wie zerkocht von meinen Gedanken, die nunmehr kaum zum Träumen fähig sind. Nur in Träumen ist man zusammen, im Leben hingegen ist man ganz für sich allein. Wie ein Hund, den man an der Straße aussetzt und festbindet. Die Auto
Wir schienen reich zu sein doch unser Herz war arm by Sienna17, literature
Literature
Wir schienen reich zu sein doch unser Herz war arm
War es denn wirklich unsere Entscheidung
Auf die schiefe Bahn zu steigen
Oder ist das vielleicht schon vorgegeben
Vom Kapitalismus in dem wir leben?
Eigentlich waren wir ja doch nur Kinder
Und schätzten Freundschaft mehr, und Geld viel minder
Was blieb mehr übrig als zu rebellieren
Sich in Adornos Schriften zu verlieren
Nächte lang zu lesen
Bis wir schlussendlich verwesen
Soziale Kontakte gibt es jetzt wohl kaum
Wegen der Konkurrenz kann man schließlich niemandem vertrauen
Und die Armen denken wir schwimmen in Geld
Doch der Reichtum, der ist nur gestellt
Aber warum?
Bitte seht euch doch mal um
An diesem Reichtum, da i
It was 1996 when I was born
on a peaceful winter day in snow
from the trees, all the leaves were torn
and I was eager to get everything to know
Some years later it was May
and the leaves grew on the trees
it was a lovely summer day
but from the pollen I would sneeze
I was twelve years now, at that time
and I knew a lot of things
but it was not enough to play the game
called life, and do it without wings
It was very hard to pay the fine
to be able to keep living
because my sadness would define
everything I could be giving
I didn’t have enough to give
I couldn’t get out of my maze
Not anymore I wanted to live
And now I’m l
Dear depression,
Dear never-ending partner of my life,
Dear my friends, my children, dear my husband and my wife
Dear thought in my head
You don’t stand in my way, you don’t define me, not even in moments I feel dead
Not in moments I feel sad
Not in moments I am mad
Dear depression, you are only in my head but my head is mine
You make me think critically, you make me fear, and that’s just fine
Because my mind is, and always will be mine
Dear depression, I love you!
Deeply so
So much, in grace my head I bow
So much I admire how you make me think
So much, that to forget I sometimes drink after a drink, after a drink
Dear
You ask who I am?
I can give you my name
And when you forget it
I will tell you again
But a name doesnt speak
it doesnt explain
who I want to become
Or who I am
Ill tell you a story
so you can see on your own
The person I am
and to what I have grown
I sing with the birds
When no one is there
I try to give love
and try to be fair
When you need my help
You can count on me
But please dont draw bounderies
Because I like to be free
When the sun goes to sleep
And the stars awake
I read and I read
for the readings sake
When the weather is bad
I dance in the rain
And when the sun shines
I do exactly the same
When the streets are quiet
I paint
You tear me up, and stitch together
But some pieces are too small to gather
The wind blows strong at missing pieces
Cooling down the sun that teases
Blown off by the wind and dried up by the sun
I have no strength just to go on
Once there was a boy, with brown hair and dark eyes
And he looked so honest, you`d believe anything, no matter how stupid his lies
But he was a good boy, was neither troubled nor bad
He chose to be kind and make people happy instead
His smile was as bright as a snow-white frozen lake
That lies so silent and calm in a frightening landscape
He was a very gentle boy and full of trust
There was no room in his heart for hate and disgust
In his life he had many girls that he loved, but one of them most
But her mind was so stiff, and her heart was closed
Once there was a girl, with a sick pale face
Her eyes were as empty as her longing gaze
For she
day by day, like year by year
she looks to the sky full of hope
until she sees it drop, the first tear
the wind is pulling her hair like a rope
Year by year, like day by day
the sky sheds more tears and despair
the stars getting pale, the clouds getting Grey
its just to much for the sky to bear
week by week and month by month
he keeps an eye on this world
he aint want to see them but sees People in tons,
and in between them he sees the Girl
month by month, and week by week
he Looks at this Girl full of wonder
she stands so tall and never Looks weak
her thoughts are as loud as the thounder
Be strong, my dear, dont let it go!
Dont give all the emotions and pain way to flow
Stay tall my Boy, dont look behind.
believe me, there is nothing good to find.
Raise your head, Little Girl, you have nothing to loose
this is an Option you have the right to choose.
Dont take that knife, my friend, it wont ease your pain
it will make it all worse and youll just do it again
Just think of the Beauty that forms in your life
dont destroy it by taking that knife!
I wish youd believe all the things ive just said
I know it is hard, but just get out of bed!
Then you will see that my words will come true
And your life will Change, the pain will
Several years it was ago
when we were trying
to hide our thoughts in shadows,
just not to see you crying
You were so innocent and clean
though three years older at the time
i would try by any mean
just not to see your Fading smile
You were Young but also strong
not like the rest of us
who were trying to belong
to a world of darkness and disgust
some years later it was may
and your eyes as sad as mine
with us you didnt want to stay
so you started your decline
Our lives were all so crappy
and my eyes, like yours, got sadder
though I did my best to make you happy
but I couldn`t do it better
then you saw the world like me
the world of emtyn
Bern. Ich sitze an einem Fluss, der wie das Leben an mir vorüber zieht. Mein Kopf ist voll, aber ich weiß nichts damit anzufangen. Zigarettenrauch gleitet über meine Lippen in die Umwelt. Ich wünschte es wäre Gift, dass, nachdem es seinen Zweck vollbracht hat, meinen Körper wieder verlässt. Die große Liebe ist schon fast vergessen. Ausgelaugt. Ausgelutscht. Wie zerkocht von meinen Gedanken, die nunmehr kaum zum Träumen fähig sind. Nur in Träumen ist man zusammen, im Leben hingegen ist man ganz für sich allein. Wie ein Hund, den man an der Straße aussetzt und festbindet. Die Auto
Wir schienen reich zu sein doch unser Herz war arm by Sienna17, literature
Literature
Wir schienen reich zu sein doch unser Herz war arm
War es denn wirklich unsere Entscheidung
Auf die schiefe Bahn zu steigen
Oder ist das vielleicht schon vorgegeben
Vom Kapitalismus in dem wir leben?
Eigentlich waren wir ja doch nur Kinder
Und schätzten Freundschaft mehr, und Geld viel minder
Was blieb mehr übrig als zu rebellieren
Sich in Adornos Schriften zu verlieren
Nächte lang zu lesen
Bis wir schlussendlich verwesen
Soziale Kontakte gibt es jetzt wohl kaum
Wegen der Konkurrenz kann man schließlich niemandem vertrauen
Und die Armen denken wir schwimmen in Geld
Doch der Reichtum, der ist nur gestellt
Aber warum?
Bitte seht euch doch mal um
An diesem Reichtum, da i
It was 1996 when I was born
on a peaceful winter day in snow
from the trees, all the leaves were torn
and I was eager to get everything to know
Some years later it was May
and the leaves grew on the trees
it was a lovely summer day
but from the pollen I would sneeze
I was twelve years now, at that time
and I knew a lot of things
but it was not enough to play the game
called life, and do it without wings
It was very hard to pay the fine
to be able to keep living
because my sadness would define
everything I could be giving
I didn’t have enough to give
I couldn’t get out of my maze
Not anymore I wanted to live
And now I’m l
Struggles To The Light by THECRIMSONPSYCHO, literature
Literature
Struggles To The Light
Through the hate, through the storm, we struggle on and on,
Lost your light, lost your fight, saying you can't carry on.
But I know that you are strong, that you can struggle on and on,
Through the blaze you shine through the hate, you broke through the daze, to triumph in the day.
Don't worry about today, as I know it'll all be okay, for as long as you survive I'll help guide you with this light.
Take my hand, and I'll guide you through the fog, with the light at the end of the tunnel, we will fight, we will march, we struggle, we will carry on to light of dawn. We will march through the blaze, we will throw away the haze to show the ligh
To the beat of the drum we live our lives
Before we walk, to whence we die
And in their rhythm, we count or time
A million hearts all fall in line
They stroke, they pulse, their cadence flows
The surging squall and tempest knows
That lightning strikes and winds all blow
To the sound of the drums in the crust below
Ripple and shake, the skin still quivers
Percussive sound the drum delivers
And in the thunder I find still triggers
The drumming heart gets only bigger
I put on some music and let it take me away
To a world with starfilled skies and brighter days
I open my ears carefully and listen to what they have to say
The Beatles taught me that in the end,
The love you take is equal to the love you make
Pink Floyd taught me that all you touch and all you see,
Is all your life will ever be
The Doors taught me that you shouldn't move too fast,
If you want your love to last
The Rolling Stones taught me that you can always run for the shelter
Of a mother's little helper
Rodriguez taught me that we measure for wealth by the things that we hold
And we measure for love by the sweet things we're told
Bob
Melody-minor, dark, forlorn
pitiful, sad, and lonely
Feelings of head and heart timeworn
I sing for you and you only
Sing through tears, you who mourn
I sing for you and you only
Melody-minor, dark, forlorn
Pitiful, sad, and lonely.
Words of hope and light forsworn
Pitiful, sad, and lonely
Feelings of head and heart timeworn
I sing for you and you only
Melody-minor, dark, forlorn
I sing for you and you only
Feelings of head and heart timeworn
Pitiful, sad, and lonely
daisies growing towards the sky
standing proud, standing tall
yellow and green polka dot eye
bees and butterflies flutter by
bringing smiles to one and all
daisies growing towards the sky
i look at them and happily sigh
eyes stare at you serious and small
yellow and green polka dot eye
standing fearless as days go by
note one shy petal does fall
daisies growing towards the sky
growing taller so hard they try
listening to wind sprites call
daisies growing towards the sky
yellow and green polka dot eye.
There sits the girl with the things in her eyes
Monsters, destruction, and sweet butterflies
Hopscotch and daisies, surrounded by screams
Beautiful dresses now torn at the seams
Crayons and paintbrushes, villains and grins
Young, gladsome innocence, hatred and sins
Little red houses on roads left to fade
Gorgeous moonlight shining off of the blade
Blood pouring out as she cries her own name
Knowing she's forced to take each bit of blame
She could have stopped it and left it behind
All of these things in her troubled young mind
She could have saved them if she dared to try
Rather, though, she left herself there to die.
Now, others watch as she
I know the pain is perhaps unbearable,
But darling, please put down the blade.
Release your emotions through tears and smiles,
Rather than dreading these days.
Do it for the little girl, whose mother can’t be there,
Or for the boy whose father drank too much.
For the boy who can’t sit in elementary school,
Because the bruises from Daddy hurt to touch.
For the teenage girl lying face down in her bed,
Thinking, why can’t it all be done?
For the elderly man looking up at the stars,
Counting the days one by one.
Do it for the children who wonder, does it end?
For the ones who feel left on their own.
For the ones who think, maybe
This is what we live for—these whispers on our lips
The drying bits of blood on our paper-cut fingertips
Opening the letters that we left our future selves
A bittersweet reminder of those storybooks on the shelves
This is what we live for – this emotion in our souls
The torture and the bittersweet moments of lost control
Biting cracked lips with the dirt beneath our nails
These moments of imperfection as our trains of thought derail
This is what we live for – shutting doors and opening eyes
Smiling for a moment, before the tears reveal our lies
This is what we live for, this reality, this life…
This is what we live for
Hide me underneath your wing
Protect me from the storm
Teach me how to breathe again
Keep me safe and warm
I cannot fight the war
What are we even fighting for?
I can't win this battle
All on my own...
Someone save me now,
Before I fall apart,
And stop this beating heart,
From beating anymore
So please, save me...
After all,
What are we fighting for?
Depression is a choice, my dear,
And happiness the same
You choose this illness, don’t you?
What a tragic little game.
Depression is an option, love
Just get up out of bed
Take your tears and worries
And just smile now instead.
Depression is a choice, you see,
And so is suicide.
Just sit back, kick your feet up, dear
Enjoy this perfect ride.
Get over your own standards
Of what everyone should be.
Just smile for once, and maybe
You’ll be living perfectly.
...
But...
Depression is an illness
That we feel so deep within.
Why would anybody choose
To write poetry on their skin?
Unless there lies a reason, dear,
I would not choo