Depression is

Have you ever walk in a crowded room & still felt lonely 

You ever express how you feel 

& they tell you that you be okay 

Anxiety is real 

Depression is what I feel 

I don’t even know me 

They told me turn my thoughts off 

Like it’s some kind of light switch

They told me to pray 

Doctor prescribed me some pills 

This pain still won’t go away

I break down when know one around 

Wishing I can cash dis pain away

So I roll one 

Put all my thoughts in a bunt 

N just pray depression don’t take me out 

You don’t even know me 

Have you ever sat in front of a therapist 

& still didn’t feel heard 

Depression is how I feel 

They keep coming up with all these different type of disorders 

Putting me on kind of meds

I feel like I’m losing my mind in most silence way ever 

You don’t even know me 

Did you take the time out 

To hear me 

Listen to me 

Don’t listen to respond 

Listen to understand 

Depression is how I feel 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country

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