Shades of depression

The daunting feeling is

cascading down upon you.

Like an ocean wave

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Slow and steady

withdrawing and then crashing,

violently pushing you into the soft sand.

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You feel powerless

You feel hopeless

You feel like you're drowning.

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Colors pool in the corners of your eyes.

Fading in and out like a breath on the wind

Shades of blues mixed in with the twilight

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Cerulean hues with cobalt tones

Speckled along the midnight rapids

Withering into the abyss

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The colors are harsh and yet a calming fusion

Icy to the touch amongst my pit of despair

These are my shades of depression

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Where my thoughts haunt my dreams

Taking the will for progression

Leaving me a hallow carcass, like a boat

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Sent to drift down the sea

Of isolation and spite

Alone and forgotten

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I know it lies

But it's all I've known

It's a warm blanket

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My depression,

the absolute worse thought

I won't stay long

.

But, for tonight, I'll live here.

Wrapped up in its arms,

counting down until I let it go once more.