Depression

She sighs

At the threshold of darkness

Taking sips of cold sadness

Looking for the lost warmth of gladness

She cries

For a lost tomorrow 

Heart heavy with sorrow

Hiding beneath the depths of a shadow

She slides

Into the limitless pits of despair

Wings of courage torn beyond repair

Whispering a final breath of prayer

She dies

Defeated in a battle with depression  

Heart shattered to a million fragments

Taking the hand of sweet cessation

© Kamalika Jayathilaka