Category Archives: depression

Some Days are just Hard

Posted on August 2, 2016 by PookyH

To make it through The darkest days, Is harder than it seems. One foot, another, up and dressed Sounds like the stuff of dreams. When menacing thoughts in your mind Drag you back into bed, To languish with your aches … Continue reading →

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Calm Waters 

Posted on July 31, 2016 by PookyH

As she stepped into the foamy waters, Her worries began to wash away. The fast beating of her heart slowed, As did her racing head. She wrapped herself in a blanket of bubbles And locked the world away. A cocoon … Continue reading →

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Busy Mind

Posted on June 28, 2016 by PookyH

Some days the thoughts Are fast And vast; They swirl And whirl And twirl, Unfurl. They make no sense, Yet feel intense, The stress immense, My muscles tense. Filling head And racing heart, Hard to tell The two apart, Aching … Continue reading →

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Now You’re Dead

Posted on June 19, 2016 by PookyH

We listened, But did not hear The words between your words. Things were bad, We knew; You said, But now… Now, you’re dead… And though you needed help, You spoke of others’ plights instead. And now you’re dead. You said … Continue reading →

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Myself and I

Posted on June 5, 2016 by PookyH

I look in the mirror and it tells me dark lies; It shows me a woman I’ve learnt to despise, It shows me a woman who’s bad through and through, Who’s wicked and ugly and arrogant too. It shows me … Continue reading →

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When the Rain Falls

Posted on May 10, 2016 by PookyH

When the rain falls, I feel more able To face the world. It’s strange. The sun Makes me shrink away; Unable to live up to the expectation A bright day brings. Blue skies make me grey. But grey skies Make … Continue reading →

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To my therapist

Posted on May 9, 2016 by PookyH

Words said Cannot be unsaid. Lives led Cannot be un-led. Regretful choices Led me to your room, Where in on those choices You made me zoom. I cannot leave them unspoken, You say, I must share them To make the … Continue reading →

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It’s Complicated

Posted on May 3, 2016 by PookyH

When she said that she wished The ground would swallow her up, It was not embarrassment that drove her. Not self-pity or shame. It was pure self-hatred. Never had she wished it more than now. If there were an easy … Continue reading →

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Bottomless

Posted on May 1, 2016 by PookyH

Voids filled with voids And blanks filled with blanks, Each day was a hole, For which he gave no thanks; For each day was a pit, Filled with nothing but air, No thoughts And no feelings, Not even despair. Emotionless, … Continue reading →

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How Are You?

Posted on April 30, 2016 by PookyH

A simple question, But an answer Too complicated to comprehend. She said ‘I’m fine’.. Not because she was, Nor because she was hiding, But because the truth Needed words She had not Yet Mastered.

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