Depression
Weariness
comes over me
Tiredness
beyond reason to be
Overwhelming
and weighing me down
Insidiously
it turns my world upside down
It blankets
my sight for natures beauty
And
makes life a gray and oppressive duty
Long
and hard is the battle to set myself free
To blow
away the dulling fog and see
Love
and caring can clear the shroud away
So I
may lift my head and live another day
For
rather I would to laugh and play
Then
struggle through this very day
So even
though love be hard to find
And
I am without the love I seek
Then
the love within is what I must keep
Lynda Leigh