Depression…
Dark of mind,
Anxious of soul,
Labelled lost, alone.
Desolate, discarded, adrift.
Depression, anxiety, madness, tis said…
Nay not so.
Tis a double edge sword.
Mayhap the brimming cup of brainy prowess
Oft, a sadness much too much to bear.
Medicate they say.
Away with thee, I say.
Leave me to mine solitude
Leave me to mine respite
When my mind, a mine to trine.
My pen, my sword to wield.
Out with rapier repartee,
Alas too late, hours past the insult hurled.
No matter now,
Welcome nebulous nepenthe
Words soft to flirt,
Gently flow to ebb
Against the tide
…Til the next waiting wave.
Main image courtesy of medicalnews.com
Kavita Ramlal, September 2018
Sunshiny SA Site 
My pen , my sword to weild …Wow ..
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Blogging and writing really helps.
After all, we are a blogging tribe 🙂
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Good luck and important not to give up cause such episodes will again end sometimes anyhow!!
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Very nicely penned lines, Kavita on depression and a lovely apt picture too.
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Thanks Kamal, I like what you did with the poem about flying, the image was ideal and the words inspirational.
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Thanks dear so much for your superb words.
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I look forward to your posts Kamal.
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Welcome dear. Have a wonderful day.
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Like back
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I cannot tell you how much I love this one.
And the lines, ‘Leave me to mine solitude
Leave me to mine respite’. You speak my mind.
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Parikhit,
It is what it is.
Some days that is just how it is.
It WILL pass but when respite is needed, it is NEEDED!
… that needs to be respected and many people “do not get it”.
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You are so right!
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This poem is brilliant, very lyrical. And really captures depression. Well done.
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Andrick, it was inspired by you and my comment on your post. So thank you for dredging it out of my mind. It needs saying sometimes.
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PS, thank you for the warm response.
I smile because some people see as being cold. If only they knew the churning quagmire that is our thoughts and feelings!
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blues and you
will lose it some day
some way
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I can so much relate with these….
As in, I can still remember those moments when I used to be under the dark curtains of depression. It was caging and draining.
Teens suffer these things more than almost any other group of persons.
But we are strong;
We are beautiful and smart;
We are TeenBeaty;
We can do this and shove depression aside.
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That’s the spirit Elizabeth. Mental fortitude and resolution. Feeling really down, then speak to someone trustworthy. Its always good to have a shoulder to lean on. Now though, you have the blog and something amazing to focus on.
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Hmmmn…. I know right.
I’m working on my next post and I’d like you to tell me your views.
I’m getting really interested in your views.
Thank you so much for this!
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So well penned!! 👏
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Thank you Indira.
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You nailed it! Thank you!
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Its my poor brain labouring away.🌋
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Nicely written,
Hope to read more from now on.☺
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Yes Elizabeth, I’m here and will gladly help in any way.
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Loved your lines
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Beautiful poem and thank you for stopping by page
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Writing and expressing is a great way to release the stress..amazing post dear😊👍🏻
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True!
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Gorgeous. Resonates with me on such a deep level. Touching.
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Its almost the weekend, I pray and hope its good for you.
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It’s actually really cool I saw this now rather than earlier; I needed the positivity today 🙂 Thank you and I hope you are doing well!
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Its the middle of the week. Soon it will be Friday and with that the weekend. Marvellous, glorious, weather here. I send warm regards from Sunshiny SA
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So poignant, Kavita, and relatable to many who are suffering with depression…
Hugs, Lauren ❤
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Hugs received and returned, thank you Lauren.🤗
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Very descriptive. in a way revealing. I like it but hate actually feeling it.
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It can become your friend or your enemy…
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very true, help or hurt you.
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This poem is very significant about people suffering from anxiety and depression. A perfect ode to the struggles of facing depression at every juncture in life.
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Yes Vish, dark days. I’m afraid Im well equipped to explain it as I did.
Ps.
You should be here in SA. Our Spring rains are glorious this morning. Continuing from last nights thunder, my kitty feared there was a thunder God Kitty of great proportions running over our humble roof!
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I hope can get an opportunity some day to visit 🙂
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Well you know where you will be staying?! Right here with us at home.
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Awesome yaa and thanks for the invitation 🙂
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🤗😘
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Excellent! loved it…felt like a clean cut, a perfect dissection of what anyone who has gone through it would know and feel.
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Loved your writing. Your poem inspires deep thought. Will look forward to reading more.
David
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Hi David, Thank you! I look forward to visiting as well.
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You are quite welcome. Just curious. Your poem might resonate with many of my readers. Would you mind if I ever share it or others as a inspiration? I would rightfully ensure you are listed as the author.
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If it is to be used as an inspiration and as you say, then by all means, share it David.
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Thank you very much.
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You have the gift. Brilliantly written. Keep them coming!
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Thank you.
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Oscuro de la mente,
ansioso de alma,
etiquetado perdido, solo.
Desolado, descartado, a la deriva.
depresión, ansiedad, locura, TIS dijo…
no es así.
es una espada de doble filo.
quizá la Copa rebosante de destreza inteligente
a menudo, una tristeza demasiado para soportar.
Medican dicen.
lejos de ti, digo yo.
dejarme a mi soledad
dejarme a mi respiro
cuando mi mente, una mina a Trine.
Mi pluma, mi espada para blandir.
hacia fuera con el estoque repartida,
alas demasiado tarde, horas más allá del insulto lanzado.
No importa ahora,
bienvenida nebulosa nepenth
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Such sadness, yet it sounds so musical as I haltingly roll these words off my tongue.
Thank you for this. Really. Such a sweet and thoughtful gesture in another language, yet universally understood.
I love this post even more now.
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Un placer leerte Sun. Un poema difícil pero sentido y profundo hasta el alma. Un saludo
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Yes a difficult thing to live with… Every day is a different trial that is why hope and good toxic free company is important.
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Thank you for re-blogging.
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Thank you for the reblog.
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Wow! Very powerful. Well done.
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very well written, and have to agree will Carly, powerful 🙂
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Such strength in the darkness, conveyed beautifully. Just lovely.
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Thank you.. Some days are dark, and some days are darker. Its some effort to find a silver lining.💞
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Great!
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This is excellent
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Beautiful words, very real subject 💜
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Hi again Julie,
Very real, I agree. 💞
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Great post
I am also writing a novel, biography of my best friend who was suicidal under influence of depression and anxiety. I hope you come to my page and like it
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Hi Bharat, I’m at work now but I promise to read this evening. Congratulations on the birth of your blogging journey.💞
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Hehe thank you alot ❤️
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Just passing by, but great poem!
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Thank you. Please visit again.💞
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Will do!
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Brilliant! https://kittslife.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/the-lies-and-the-truths/
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Hi there! Such a great article, thanks!
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