Depression Poems - Eclipse

by Tanya Wilson
(Ontario Canada)

Eclipse
You’re back again,
How dare you be?
You crept back in
Inside of me.

I started a war
I fought you back
I kept you away
But power I lacked

Someway, somehow,
You lurked nearby
While I laughed and lived
With backbone and pride

You invaded my dreams
And slowly took back
My life that I thought
was back on track.

And now you're back
I’ve no where to hide
Once again you are by my side

You worsen my days
You take away my drive
You always make me
Want to die

The locks are on
The shades are drawn
I've given my worth
That I had built strong

I can’t believe that you came back
Not when I had thought that I had won
Not after all that I had done

You quietly crept back
From far within
Out from the box
I put you in.

You have back your prisoner
Your puppet on a string
To torture with nightmares, panic and fears
To break down and torment for another year

This journey we’re on is like none of the past
Because I know I won’t let this one last
Whether you win or I
Is yet to be seen

One thing is for sure,
This fight won’t be clean

There is one fight within me
That is all there will be
Either I shall beat you,
Or you will beat me….

By: Tanya
(Depression survivor? We will see)