Depression Poems

The Depression Poems page was inspired by Margaret Parker, of VA. Something we talked about during a session prompted her to share it with me.

When I heard her poem, I immediately wanted it on the site. It is a phenomenal poem that captures exactly what so many of us experience.

We are all so connected. Your healing radiates into the world we all share. Perhaps you have a poem inside you - perhaps sharing our depression poems helps us know we are not alone.

Please submit only poems you have written. I'm not sure we can add the works of other authors, due to copyright laws.

THE SKY IS FALLING (by Margaret Parker)

The sky is falling
and I am calling
for help.
I can't say what's wrong
I've felt this way
for so long.
It is something I just do
waiting for the other shoe
to drop
and chop
my world in two.
I try to stop
but the child
is wild
with panic and fear
and although I hold the dear
inner child tight
there is always a fight
because she believes she's right.
No one has ever said
it's ok to go to bed
the monster won't get you
with me you are safe
I'll protect you.

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Bleeding Cuts  She's all alone in the empty world.
And all you can hear is her cry for help. Each cut on her arm represents something that only she knows. No one seems ...

Depression Poems - Eclipse  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 ...

Depression Poems: Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?  Who will cry for the little boy
Lost and all alone?

Who will cry for the little boy
Abandoned without his own?

Who will cry for the little boy
...

Depression Poems: What If  Life happens and you are a kid, you are like a deer in the headlights. Frozen, numb, shocked, freaked. Your heart pounds, physically –mentally-emotionally,...

Lost in a Cave with Candles  Floating in an empty cave

With candles above our heads

From the light we swim away

Protecting our flame

For fear of having to spark another
...

Depression Poems: When I am down I look to Her not you....  When i am down i look to Her not you.
I look to Her who gave me love, kind words, had God in her heart and always had a smile and hugs for anyone that ...

Deja Vu  Under the sun judging eyes crowd the mind,
but under the night sky these eyes are blind.
Ignorance inside the people is the enemy,
allied with an immature ...

Reality  Johny and Marisa sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G,
first comes love then comes marriage,
then comes an abrupt tragic miscarriage.
Then comes blame ...

UNDER MY EYES  Under my eyes
Dark circles and lines;
They are inexplainable.
My friends occasionally ask me
If I've slept last night,
If I've slept at all.
Turning ...

Depression Poems - MY INNER CHILD (1991)  Depression Poems

My inner child
was never young.
She was always so busy
taking care of things
or pretending that
getting hurt didn't matter
or ...

Depression Poems - DID I CHOOSE  Depression Poems

Did I choose this life
with all this strife?
Did I choose to burrow
and hide my sorrow?
Did I choose the parents I had
knowing ...

Depression Poems - Don't Leave  When I was a little girl, I was scared to be the last one asleep. I wanted the comfort of a light, an open door to sleep with. As long as I can remember,...