It's dark and dingy
Disturbingly cold
It sucks up your vitality
It ruthless it's bold
More hollow than empty
It's needs are so scanty
Can survive all the laughs
Simple pleasures are passé
Feels strangely secure
Where loneliness lures
Desperately dementing
Thrives on lamenting
A natural killer
Puts you in
self destructive mode
You no longer savour
Life's one more day anymore
Constant feeling of guilt
Seems so strongly inbuilt
Esteem touches the floor
Cannot look up no more
Heart is heavy and sad
Unknown fears and the dread
Keep you prisoner in hold
As you struggle to be bold
Depression is a real thing
Malady that kills you from within
While your stories go untold
It's pain has eaten up your core
In the end
Tears just tear you apart
Fears force you to take
The escapist's path
Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/diagnosis-depression/
