I struggle with periodic depression. I’ve written a lot about it here on the blog. See above link for more.
This, this is today.
I feel myself withdrawing. I am slowly closing in on myself, retreating …
Avoiding the very thing that heals,
I do the thing that I most hate: run.
I cannot stop.
For days I have run and run and
that Black Dog laps at my heals. Chasing
me, mocking. But on and on I run
believing I can run fast enough, far enough.
Away.
I have never outrun the Dog.
I am filled with sadness, a despair
that’s sweetly familiar while so sour.
I hate
that old dog. I hate myself. I hate my
cycles.
This too I hate
about myself for I am a piss poor friend.
There it is
the Demon of Lies, legions there flying about the room — named.
Long ago, before I was even born
this legacy grew into an inheritance, and I cannot break the cycle.
It, this would take a miracle.
Where do I find a miracle because I’m all out of them.
Break the cycle.
Break the pain.
Kill the demon that
whispers,
chants,
sings,
sighs,
plays with me,
plays an opus of loathing.
Someone please help before it crushes me.
For I am just a little girl not good enough for a friend.
Logic & Imagination 
Been mulling over this powerful poem post. Want you to know you are heard.
Then I happened to read this from Henri Nouwen:
“”Have courage,” we often say to one another. Courage is a spiritual virtue. The word courage comes from the Latin word cor, which means “heart. A courageous act is an act coming from the heart. A courageous word is a word arising from the heart. The heart, however, is not just the place where our emotions are located. The heart is the centre of our being, the centre of all thoughts, feelings, passions, and decisions.
When the flesh – the lived human experience – becomes word, community can develop. When we say, “Let me tell you what we saw. Come and listen to what we did. Sit down and let me explain to you what happened to us. Wait until you hear whom we met,” we call people together and make our lives into lives for others. The word brings us together and calls us into community. When the flesh becomes word, our bodies become part of a body of people.”
It made me think of your courage to say, “let me tell you how it is for me.” A courageous act, a courageous word, a courageous life.
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thank you so much. it does mean a lot to me to hear from you.
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