Challenge
describe depression.
I know many challenges on here are "fun", but I wanted to get more serious with this one, especially considering that many (myself included) experience or have experienced some form of depression. It's almost like a taboo- you may feel uncomfortable writing about it. But just try to describe this darkness- look it in the eyes and see it for what it is, record your insights here in any form. Remember to tag me @Dream.
Symptom, Not Sickness
The shadow is there
Crawling across the
Pale stone walls
Darker against
The moon than
The fire light
Long doused
To let the weary
Sleep the dark
Away
But sometimes,
One of them
Doesn’t fall asleep
In time to miss
The whispers of
The night, always
Present under
Daylight’s ruse
Waiting for the
Child who doesn’t
Know its name
To find it some
Sleepless night
She’ll follow it
Into the forest
Down to the riverbed
Where she’ll look
Into the water
And the reflection
Will stare back
Then she’ll know
Too late that the
Shadow was
Walking beside her
Supposed to be
Left unnamed
@Dream