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  1. 21. Depression Is Never Ending

    • By Sarah Boston
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2008 with permission of the Author.

    Depression is here every day,
    And it never goes away.
    Go away! I yell into the dark,
    As if someone is there.

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    Ok love, look. I know how it feels when you're so young but you only feel like ending it. I've been there, and I wanna tell you something, and it's the most cliche thing to say. Get help, and...

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  3. 22. Hope

    • By Amanda M. Ricci
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 31, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    Have you ever felt trapped behind metal bars,
    Or watched all your cuts turn to scars?
    Have you tried to escape the pain in your soul,
    But you just couldn't seem to fit that hole?

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  5. 23. Glance

    • By Ashley Reyes
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Glance, but don't stare.
    You're not supposed to see the scars that I bear.

    Don't listen, just speak.

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    Great couplets on the theme of depression and the rhymes are nicely done and for many this poem will be relatable so I'm sure your poem will connect with many readers. Thanks for sharing Ashley.

  6. 24. Depression Blues

    • By Tina M. Casalvera
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2020 with permission of the Author.

    My head is not right today.
    I have no idea why it's this way.

    It switches from one thought to another.

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  7. 25. The Countdown

    • By Emma H
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2022 with permission of the Author.

    "Count to 10," they said,
    "Deep breaths and it will pass,
    because the feelings that consume you won't stay, and they won't last,"
    but with each and every land mine that goes off within my head,

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  8. 26. Hollow

    Emotions.
    Do you feel them?
    She was numb and frozen,
    Yet it dimly sparkled like a dying gem.

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    When you feel empty and hollow, I feel like it's easy to feel alone. This poem helped me realize that I am not alone and that there are other people out there who struggle to feel again, who...

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  9. 27. Traffic Light

    • By Linda Grantham
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2011 with permission of the Author.

    This traffic light inside my head
    Is always green and never red.
    My thoughts, my dreams, and all my fears,
    They all speed past my listening ears.

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    Blessings to you all, I can't say what brought me to this site other than the Holy Spirit. And it allowed me to pause for quite some time reading all of the poems and feedback posted. I know...

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  10. 28. My Daughter's Tears

    • By Annabel Sheila
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2008 with permission of the Author.

    Until it affects someone we love,
    We don't even know it's there.
    It's really not our problem,
    So why should we care.

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    As I read this poem, I hurt with you. I feel the pain and still do that you do and could only imagine what your mother must of be going through to help you deal with it and trying to...

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  11. 29. When You Feel Like You Can't Go On

    • By Aliysha
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2013 with permission of the Author.

    When you feel so lonely and can't sleep at night,
    because everything gives you a fright.
    The pain and the sadness takes control,
    and once again you're all alone.

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    This poem describes my life for the past 5 years perfectly. I may not even be a teenager or adult, but these feelings reach me, and many others I know. I try to hide the emotions described in...

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  12. 30. Teardrops

    • By Shianne
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2011 with permission of the Author.

    The hurt in my eyes is all that has to be said
    Sometimes I know I'm better off dead
    The pain is the only thing I can feel
    Knowing it's the one thing that's real

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    This is so deep. I felt this in another level. I have the same exact feelings sometimes.

  13. 31. Lost At Sea

    I will bury my beating heart
    Somewhere, deep in the sand
    Crabs and seagulls will fight to tear it apart
    As my soul is cursed to wander land

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  14. 32. Waves

    • By Zorian Alexis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2019 with permission of the Author.

    I was just sitting there,
    Watching TV,
    When a wave of sadness
    Washed over me.

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  15. 33. Darkness

    • By Erin L. Kampen
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    No words for a state that I cannot express
    Like gravity just holds me here in this mess
    An invisible force stealing my air
    A looming dark cloud and no one's aware

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  16. 34. The Ruse

    • By Annabel Sheila
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2008 with permission of the Author.

    She's beauty, style, poise and grace,
    At least she appears to be.
    But no one knows the girl who hides
    Behind the face they see.

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    I myself have a daughter that is now going to be 26 in a little over a month. She doesn't leave the house at all, she comes to my house and to her Dr's appointments but not by choice. They...

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  17. 35. Behind This Face

    • By Lee W. Barker
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2019 with permission of the Author.

    Behind this calm face there is a raging storm,
    Like a war in my head since the day I was born.

    Behind this smile there is a lonely sad frown,

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  18. 36. Feeling Blue

    • By Kt
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I suppose it's hard for some to understand.
    This is not the way that I had planned.
    I don't know how I've let myself get this way,
    And sometimes feel like calling it a day.

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    This is a really good little fun sized poem the puts the darkness of the topic into a slightly lighter-hearted, almost depressingly whimsical feel. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

  19. 37. Tidal Wave

    • By Brian L. Barrett
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2018 with permission of the Author.

    In our darkest nights and our brightest days,
    emotions fill us like tidal waves.

    They can drag us down and pull us in,

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  20. 38. Who Could Ever Love Me?

    • By Miriam Narat
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

    When I look at myself, I see nothing good.
    I see all the flaws that no one else should.
    I wear a mask
    To hide the pain

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    Hello Miriam, how are you doing? I hope everything is great. I'm 17 years old, a teenager just like you, and I can feel your poem because I experienced the self-hatred you are talking about...

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  21. 39. The Ending Start

    • By Ethan Wulf
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2009 with permission of the Author.

    I've written everything I have to say,
    But the words, they rot and fall away.
    So with a hole in the bottom, I'm stuck in the same boat as before
    And slowly sinking just in sight of shore.

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    I am Sam. I am twelve years old, and I moved to Arizona over a year ago. I was diagnosed with depression two or three years ago, and sometimes I consider killing myself. I never have, and I...

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  22. 40. Sweet Agony

    • By Mania Jankowski
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011 with permission of the Author.

    What do you see when you look in my eyes?
    A freak? A nameless being?
    Or maybe simply another face in the endless sea of people
    What do I see when I look at myself in the mirror?

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    I've been suffering with depression for a while now. I truly don't know how long as I truly can't remember a starting point for it. People would never guess. Never. I am 14, have a good...

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