There was a fog in front of me,
My eyes saw no more than three inches forward.
I stumbled through the haze.
I tripped, I fell, I bled...
The days in the fog seemed endless.
But at least I wandered without hunger.
At times I would sit,
At times I would cry.
There were shades around me,
Faceless, shuffling shades.
I'd talk to them, at times,
When the emptiness grew too heavy to bear.
They never did reply.
It was never painful in the fog,
It was never dangerous,
It was simply as it was.
A place where shades shuffled,
Never seeing more than three inches ahead...
- Written by Siddhartha Chen, 10th of February 2015, for Michel-le-
Frustration expands my horizons,
And allows me to see
beyond the limits of my cave.
What once was a wall
I sought to tear,
Has become a world
I need to brave.
And what of those
I'll leave behind?
Well...
Someone has to bang on that cave.
Every word has its price,
Though most are deeply unaware.
String enough of them together
And you may well be paying with your life.
Frightening isn't it,
To finally consider,
That your empty mind,
Might well be a grave.
Do not wish death upon another being;
That is far too LIGHT a punishment!
Ensure instead that they become your slave.
For the joy of dominance,
Lasts an eternity!
The heart is the poet's most precious tool,
Everything else is merely supplemental.
For if you do not live your poetry,
How could you expect your poetry to live?
For every action that warms the heart.
There are a thousand souls left wailing in the dark...
You choose to bask in the warmth of a solitary act;
While I soak in the grief of those left wanting.
Your life is not a British television show by HecticHarmony, literature
Literature
Your life is not a British television show
People on social media sites
tend to glorify things that hurt.
They brag about things
that people struggle with.
Mental illness is not a label.
It is not a badge nor a privilege
or something you have to earn.
People suffer,
they battle voices in their heads
that they do not even recognize.
People struggle to tame
their inner demons
and keep up an image
that the world expects them to uphold.
Mental illness is not cute,
being so anxious you cannot speak is not a quirk.
Relying on people to take care of you is not romantic.
News flash!
Your life is not an episode of Skins
The idea of Effy and Freddie is fictional,
no one is going to save yo
Shall I Bring You Despair? by WordOfChen, literature
Literature
Shall I Bring You Despair?
And so it has come to this.
The great hero stands poised,
Sword pointed at the demon king.
It is the stuff of legends is it not?
Yet, my objective is already complete.
For I am not a simple nightmare drawn from your feeble fairy tales.
Think about it, if indeed you can:
Today you'll kill me,
And raise my head before a baying crowd.
You'll show your acquisition proudly
And the people will welcome you.
In the first weeks,
There will be feasts and festivals.
Dancing and debauchery.
All to celebrate the hero's victory.
And then?
Then you'll become a king,
And eventually an emperor.
You will rule all the lands with fairness and equality.
A
No, depression is not just getting sad.
It's a constant sadness that melts into your bones,
An indescribably heavy weight upon your shoulders,
Never mind your heart and soul.
It's believing so many lies (maybe because you've learned to accept them)
And no longer appreciating your self-worth.
Wishing you no longer existed, wishing yourself gone.
Depression holds you back from your dreams
And pulls you into a nightmare.
It takes full control of your existence.
It makes you never want to get out of bed,
And when you finally do,
You just want to get back in it.
But you know the hardest part?
Ignorant people.
Just.
Like.
You.