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A mixture and collection of poems, verses and prose that goes against the typical normative literature

It's Not Depression

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by kbtzrlzr

by kbtzrlzr

When I open my eyes
To the waking hours of dawn
And I think
"I won't, today,"
It's not depression.

When I check out a task
Handed over to me
And I think
"I cant, anymore,"
It's not depression.

When I see my friends
Being happy with the crew
And I think
"I don't belong,"
It's not depression.

When I look in the mirror
To reassure myself
"I believe in you,"
But see only darkness
It's not depression.

It's not even depression
When I can't seem to be satisfied
By things I used to love before,

Not even
When my optimism
Burns out along
With the thinnest thread
Of my motivation.

It's not depression,

The biggest lie
Conscience ever said,
ever heard,
ever endured.

(Published on: é-news Vol 3 No 1, with a wrong by-line)