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Title: I call them happy pills

Don’t call them “Antidepressants”

It feels off

These tiny white pills that help me get out of bed. 

I call them “Happy pills”

“Antidepressant” is a big word.

I don’t like it.

It reminds me that something holds me back from always smiling.

It's a reminder that I can not, not think because I’ll hear my voice.

My voice that downplays everything I’ve ever done.

The word “anti” itself I don’t like.

It makes me think of a medication to get rid of a virus.

I'm not a virus! 

Am I?

Do I hold the same worth of a feeble bad germ to you?

I call them happy pills.

A term that may be childish, but helps.

It doesn’t constantly remind me that I have something off about me.

But simply that I need a bit more help. 

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