DEPRESSION

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DEPRESSION

You take hold of the door handle,
Just to open the door,
Yet you just can't turn the handle,
Wondering what you'll let in,
Or what you will lose,
You wander to the window, Peer around the corner,
Hiding at the edge of the curtains,
Trying not to be seen seeing nothing in return,
People see you looking just the same,
You stare into the mirror,
Trying to see who you are, Who you were,
Wondering where you went,
Blank eyes stare back at the expression,
One you don't and can't recognize,
Yet from somewhere deep inside you know it's you,
Your hiding somewhere far away,
If only you could find your way back...

Richard E. Cartledge PHOENIX (c)

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shakeme4life commented on DEPRESSION

09-10-2010

Hey , i feel like this when the world and people's issues get on my nerves .... Great expression of a traumatic experience .

Springsize commented on DEPRESSION

05-07-2010

This is an interesting walk through time... which is a strange box. Your poetic thoughts have stirred dust in those who have long memories that tend to whisper and lace across the past, like fuzzy. This is vaguely similar to Carlos Castaneda's Journey to Ixtlan ... where he writes of how the road is the road, and one may not return to home... for it will be different. Nice presentation you have penned for we, who have left home.

thecross commented on DEPRESSION

04-28-2010

Good write Phoenix you summed up the frustrations of life quite well in this piece.

liberalartist9 commented on DEPRESSION

04-28-2010

This sums up depression very well. The meaning and agony are drawn into each line, bringing about that true feel of what is happening. I like this, and I'm not going to rate, because it's just ridiculous putting all these elements into a number.

Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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