I wrote this in July 2009, 7 months into my recovery from depression.

NATURE
i am one with mother nature
the big tall green trees help me hide my disease
i am with people who care
i am with people that have helped me erase my blank stare

the lazy creek is so calm
the flow of the water is perfect
the water navigates its way perfectly through the rocks
and it never breaks its rhythm
i could stare at this beauty forever
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I wrote this in April 2009, 3 months into my recovery from depression.

PRAY
today is my birthday
its very different from the rest
months ago i never thought i would see it
as my mind went into arrest
 
cold and rain is the forecast says the weatherman
its like the way i have felt for so many years
cold, cloudy and couldn't rain from my eyes
internal were my tears
 
this birthday boy is lucky
and here is a list of gifts that i want
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I wrote this in Feb 2009. One month after i was diagnosed with Depression.

BETTER
i have stood on the cliff
i have spread my arms
i have stood on the edge
looking at the end in the face
i saw the tiny tocks fall off the edge and fall through the air
i have seen the dark side of life and didn't care
i battled the demons of despair
why did i have to go through that, it isn't fair
 
i wanted to jump off that cliff
i wanted to be free and fly
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 I am a newbie to the site and i was encouraged to share some of my poetry in the blog section. I was diagnosed with Depression back in January 2009. I wrote this back in January a week after i got on meds.

FROZEN
it's now winter time
and the ice clings to the branches
they are frozen
like emotions in my body

stillness in my mind
snow dances on a tree
the shade of white
reminding me of the nothingness that i feel
 
white shows no emotion
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