A poem about depression, and feeling contagious.


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Oh, now I feel that I am contagious
If you touch me, you’ll get this sickness
Defiled by some dark disease
It feels like my sanity has expired
and demons fill my mind

Oh, now I feel that I am contagious
Stay away if you don’t want to get this
Your skin will crawl,
Like a thousand needles
prickling just beneath the surface
An itch so deep down to your core
where nothing will reach it
Still you will try until nothing is left
and you are bled dry

Oh, now I feel that I am contagious
So it is best you leave me to myself
Let this dark plague fester inside
I try to scream, let out my anger
but it forces me to keep quiet
Not to mention the voices in my head
Tormenting me night and day
What must I do to make them go away?

Oh, I am sure that I am contagious
and I wonder if this will ever go away
Please, can you tell me?
Will my sanity return,
and if it does,
Will it stay?

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Comments (10)
  • drelayaraja on Nov 20, 2009

    Very touching lines.

  • Goodselfme on Nov 21, 2009

    Your words depict the inner torment well.

  • Rinks Desai on Nov 21, 2009

    Very beautiful poem.

  • papaleng on Nov 21, 2009

    nicely written and thought-provoking..

  • Parish Loveless on Nov 21, 2009

    Very well written! Your words remind me of my own sickness :) BRAVO Poetic Enigma BRAVO

  • Will Gray on Nov 22, 2009

    Wow! Excellent write and so powerful!

  • STEVE666 on Nov 23, 2009

    An honest piece, well written.

  • Hazel Crowther on Nov 24, 2009

    Great writing and very deep.

  • Christine Ramsay on Nov 25, 2009

    Gosh! You do express these feelings so well. They sound so hard to live with, but help is always on hand if you seek it out.
    Excellent work.

    Christine

  • S A JOHNSON on Dec 5, 2009

    This is very relateable to me. As always, very well written.

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