Lived Experience Shared Through Poetry by R. Love

Depression had became my best friend

She entered my life in a time when no one was around me and offered me her lies and comfort until she got me then she turned around and hurt me

She loves to spend time with me

She likes it when it’s just us so she can get to me personally on a different level

And she loves to talk a lot

Her words racing through my mind

She is a stubborn one because anytime someone opposes what she tells me, she assures me they are lying to me and are selfish,

You see she wants me all to herself and forces me to push away anyone else but it’s okay right?

Because we’re besties and she knows what’s best for me

And she closes me off from people so they can’t hurt me because when I let people in they hurt me

She’s protective over me

She convinces me to sleep all day because when I’m sleep I can’t feel and when I can’t feel you can’t hurt me

She tells me no one really cares about me

She tells me she’s all I have

Her fake comfort and lies draw me back in

Then she turns around and hurts me again

by R. Love