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My Depression

 All mighty lord keep me near From these eyes falls another tear Unanswered questions remain A sense of self I beg to gain Perfection is craved but unrealistic I kept this in for to long time to go ballistic My sanity lost grip as I try to keep calm Another antidepressant placed in my palm Docs will I be okay and of course they say yes This here prescription will decrease my stress What lord do I trust is what I want to know? Depression in my mind has another sold out show I try to keep the pain bottled in but it is over flowing The worst of it all is the feeling of rarely knowing If you will be okay or if you will reach the end A part of me wants to fight the demons in my head Doc why does it seem as if I would be better off dead The nights seem longer and my mind contemplates A tomorrow of a dark pain that slowly escalates Lord I am sick of the silence to my repeated questions This damn shrink can’t even come up with realistic solutions Anxiety and depression rapidly crawl through my skin I guess only my heart can lead me to this needed win
— paul, Nov 27, 2007

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Region, Country: New York, USA

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Mark

Mark

18 years 6 months ago

You scream for help

you cry, thare is unfinished business, lose your self all because you try to be perfect but come to understand that everybody wants to knock down the people who think their perfect because it is an insult. You end up angry and probably don't even know why so it just stays inside and builds to a point of taking drugs for releif - a not so perfect person yes? In the end it is all about fear but the real question are - What do you want? and What are you going to do about it? Very provocative for me paul ! Thankk, Mark