I've Been There before
2005

​I’ve been there before,
 And confess that it is a
Most unpleasant place.
 
Nothing.
That’s what was there.
A void of darkness that
I tumbled into.
 
It came with the sickness
I believe,
A dark voice
That followed the malady
Like a demonic puppy.
 
It swarmed the depths
Of my mind and swamped
My senses so that
I couldn’t think straight.
 
The nights were filled with
Much crying and weeping
And fits of coughing
That echoed through the
Silent rooms.
 
The hours of stygian stillness
Dragged on…
And on…
Very little sleep was
Reached,
By anyone of the household.
 
It was dark in my room but
Darker still in my head,
For it was there that my
Worries, troubles,
Sins, weaknesses,
And fears resided.
And the Darkness.
 
Those nights,
Those God-forsaken nights,
Haunt my mind, creeping
Through my thoughts
As though they belonged there.
As though they were a part of me!
And I fear them,
 
For you see,
I’ve been there before,
And confess that it is a
Most hateful place…
The void known as
Depression.