Oceans of Apathy
an abecedarian poem
Advertised happiness
Blaring from every direction
Counting the ways
Depression can be defeated.
Everyone says to smile more
Find ways to feel brighter inside
Genie-in-a-bottle remedies or
Holistic witchcraft to cure your mind.
I don't want a chemical soup and
Judging on my tears, tea won't help either.
Kinder than pills is the darkness
Luring me in with the promise of silence
Moorless and drifting in a sea of isolation
No one to see me at my worst
Only myself.
Pulling the blankets over my head
Quietly
Rotting, all the while hoping against hope for
Someone
To
Understand and
Venture into the oceans of apathy
Willing to see me as I am, and love me anyways
Xenial in their judgment
Yearning to bring me home, to bring a
Zombie slowly back to life
About the Creator
M. A. Mehan
"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
storyteller // vampire // arizona desert rat
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Original narrative & well developed characters
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Comments (26)
Beautiful work, it resonates with a lot of us out there.
Great challenge entry and congratulations on your top story.
That is incredible writing! 🔥🔥
I like how You get to the heart of what a lot of people feel during depression. Just the sense of wanting to be comforted and loved, but meanwhile everybody and everything around them is trying to shove curing remedies in their face and down their throat in the hopes of altering their brain's chemistry. Yet, is what really going on all due to negative feedback loops of chemicals in our brains, or is it what's going on in our metaphorical hearts that people are pushing aside. There's rationality and reason, but even reason has enough common sense to know when somebody just needs a little tender loving care. Would chamomile tea help? I don't know, but the gesture sure is nice, especially when it's provided.
Great challenge submission and use of the word xenial!
Excellent take on the challenge
well done!
Congratulations
I think this speaks a lot about modern living. I, like Oneg, liked "chemical soup" - throwing pills at it is an easy solution. And sometimes I want to curl up and hide - just for a bit from the noise and the brashness of the world so I could relate.
Congratulations!💖💖💓👍🤦♂️
Splendid work! Keep the momentum—congrats!
Fascinating.
Speechless. Congratulations.
So beautifully written ❤️ New subscriber!
Like you were writing the words from my soul.... Love it.
Great job!!!
Gosh, this was great. Well deserved top story. Congratulations.
Advertised happiness distract us from appreciating the happiness that's available for us at this very moment if we could just go inwards. Loved your poem <3
Fantastic!!! Congratulations on Top Story too!!!❤️❤️💕
Kinder than pills is the darkness Luring me in with the promise of silence Moorless and drifting in a sea of isolation Powerful...
Zombieeee how has that not even crossed my mind! Great job lol
I vibed with this so much. Such truth said in so little. Loved "chemical soup", and so many lines. Great job
Nice one
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