Depression Poems - Alone

by Dave McMillan
(Dryden, Ontario, Canada)

I lie alone,
This frightful night,
No friends,
No family,
No person in sight.

Darkness surrounding me again tonight,
I cannot see my most frightful fright.

The roar of rain,
The crack of thunder,
The sudden flash of light,
Bring relief, that I still live tonight.


My mask is off,
My fears are out,
The darkness is here,
There is no doubt.

I cannot calm what I fear the most,
I cannot stop this unholy ghost,
The darkness holds my fears so close,
I fear what we all fear the very most.

I scream, I yell,
So very loud.
Yet no one hears my pleas aloud,
I am hurt within, my heart is smashed.
I am alone, just me and my empty house.