oh depression you unwelcome lover. Slipping in sapping away my creativity. Stealing my gumption. Reaching your long fingers down inside me and twining fear around my hopes. How can I fight you? You who make me feel defeated, how do I defeat you? Or how do I sit with you in my own power without relinquishing it to you?
oh depression you unwelcome lover. Turning sunshine into dreadful reminder of what I'm not, of what I don't feel. You who poison springtime flowers and delicious smells into superfluous details. Why do you seduce me into nothingness? Siren of emptiness, calling me to your bosom of feelinglessness. How shall I resist oh depression, you unwelcome lover.
