Depression Hits Again

Somber crashes down on me like the

ocean waves striking into the tide.

It’s rising.

I’m stuck in the current,

diagonally I swim, but a rope of kelp

latches around my ankle.

It’s pulling me in.

It’s bringing me in deeper into the darkest blue.

It’s thick. It’s gooey. It’s icky sticky.

I’m scared.

Only a painful sleep aides me.

And when I awake before my eyes fully rise,

I imagine

I’m free from my history;

I’m free of my name.

I feel a taste of happy.

A motivation of hope, but now my eyes are open.

Depression hits again.