Fan Fiction ❯ Poems ❯ Playing a Part ( Chapter 6 )

Depression is a dark, thick shadow that settles on a person.

It attaches itself to people, not giving any chance to struggle.

It can hang on for months and years, or sometimes just a day or two.

Depression is a black cavern that a person falls into.

They can try to get out, but the walls are steep, and slick with tears.

Depression is a death of happy thoughts, feelings, and words.

Some don't know why they're depressed, so they try to pull themselves out.

Others don't bother to help themselves, they just don't care.

I have seen the shadow close over me more than once.

I have fallen into the cavern, but not tried to get out.

My cheerful feelings have died time and again,

I feel hollow inside, a void of feelings,

Except those that are melancholy.

And yet, I play a person that is not me.

One that is happy and playful, and always a smart-ass,

When inside I yearn for the happy feelings that are gone forever.

A/N: Wrote this while I was bored in history one day.