K.O.

Depression has become a way of living.



These feelings, they linger.

They won’t leave me be.



They’re knocking me on the ground,

punching the joy out of me.



I am unconscious to happiness,

defeated by melancholy,

beaten to a pulp by misery.  

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Inspired by: "Sideways" by Citizen Cope

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