Depression is like fire in a home
It pierces through the places no one goes
Consuming parts of your psyche
Fighting to be made whole
Up against an internal flame that gives light
But it’s unwelcome, not wanted, it burns
Leaves memories in heat, erases the hope
Fans the flame of regret, what could have been
Is gone, a mind singed, light came in a fire
Scorched my thoughts, I am ashes
Depression came like a leak in a home
Squeezed through spaces no one could see
Flooded my emotions, overwhelmed waves
Drenched what was left of a battered soul
Sinking, I can’t swim, floating down rivers
Of hurt caused, hurt given, hurt shared
Clogging memories that rain down
Waterfalls and endless streams of doubt
No more subtle streams held by dams
I feel damned
I thought it came to put out flames
It only replaced the areas unreachable
Watching myself flow down the tsunami
Everything I had left is soaked
Love, existence, a sense of belonging
I am homeless
