Depression

Catherine Broxton

Brain bloated with bile;
Sadness seeps out;
Trickles down the veins;
Weighs down the heart;

Every breath becomes agony;
Every thought becomes misery;
Every emotion becomes dull;
Every hope becomes fear;

Laughter slices the soul;
Truth bounces off the ears;
Lies cling and coil to the heart;
All ways ahead lie in the dark;

And nothing will change.