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Title: Depression
Author: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 7/30/2007

 
Poem: The little windmill in the garden keeps turning
And the waves on the shore keep churning
And my heart just keeps on yearning
For something I have never known:
Unconditional love

When the pain inside gets too intense
And my thoughts no longer make sense
I shut everyone out as my defense
To protect me from their advice
Useless advice

I look back over my many years
And remember my fears and my tears
Not the praise and the cheers
For I did not do well or achieve
Warped memory

The harsh words, the pain, the neglect
The shouting and shame I recollect
An angry mother my ways did direct
Never knowing I deserved any better
Childhood misery

Now I'm trying to deal with everything
And all the memories that will bring
Looking for good things to which to cling
But finding only pain and tears
Depression
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