Depression Dare Poem

It's thinking you're on the right track

finding a cure by looking at things like this and that,

when really, it has almost nothing to do with real life.

It's a kind of knife,

that stabs you in the back.

Real life is living,

not thinking about living.

Only thinking about living,

is being in a state,

of being afraid of going there.

Dare.

Because what you're afraid of,

doesn't come from outside,

I hope, this poem is one step,

That can make you lessen your hide.

Take the lead,

Because even you being afraid is fine.

And you'll feel fine,

Because you know,

that feeling fine,

is quite alright.

It'll turn into a state,

Where you no longer have to debate,

About how to deal with everything in the proper way.

It's all yours, hey

It's your way.

And that's the good way.

p.s.

hello this is old but i find it to be pretty. i was 20 when i wrote it.. the following was my comment to that poem:

do respect though, that people need different things at different states of their lives or their depressions.. Sometimes going out partying helps, but other times, it's just really better to stay inside and cuddle up in a warm blanket to watch an awesome movie.

The poem is not about really doing a radical thing. It's for you, who is already thinking about doing more. It's a step further than the step of accepting your depression and yourself with it. Because a depression is also part of life, and life is a process, a big one, in which a depression is a little process.

Yes, it is a LITTLE process compared to the BIG one.

P.S. Even not having hope is kinda hopeful. Because you're still here and alive.

Xx, Annettie