Depression, confession.

I have a confession, I have depression,
But I feel that I need to explain,
I'm not just unhappy,
Or feeling quite crappy,
But for me I have total disdain.

I have a confession, I have depression,
So your knowledge I'll try to expand,
I don't need your pity,
So I wrote this wee ditty,
To help you, to at least , understand.

I have a confession, I have depression,
It's not that I'm just feeling down,
But as time has elapsed,
My whole world has collapsed,
It's no wonder I'm wearing a frown.

I have a confession, I have depression,
Why me, I will venture to ask?
Though I still get along,
And I try to be strong,
Still I'm rarely quite up to the task.

I have a confession, I have depression,
No sympathy do I wish to accrue,
Whilst I try to relate,
It's just me that I hate,
If I didn't, I'd be just like you.

I have a confession, I have depression,
Inside I feel turmoil and pain,
When it gets really bad,
Seems mankind has gone mad,
It's so lonely being the one who is sane.

I have a confession, I have depression,
My jumbled mind goes round and round,
There seems lots I should do,
But I'm stuck in thought-glue,
Like a clock-spring that can't be unwound.

I have a confession, I have depression,
And my brain feels like it's split asunder,
I feel so disconnected,
No function resurrected,
Will it stay spoilt forever, I wonder?

I have a confession, I have depression,
My feelings become so confused,
My mind's in a mix,
That I cannot fix,
Feel so guilty, why am I the accused?

I have a confession, I have depression,
At it's worst, seems like it's never-ending,
In my desperate zone,
Time flies, it has flown,

Just like rain, my spirits descending.

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