My Old Friend

by Catastrophic Beauty   Jul 25, 2008


I'm back everyone :)
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Awakening is the one I had buried long ago,
In the distance I can hear you calling for me.
You were the one who engulfed me in sorrow,
And who had now become a dreaded memory.

I can still recall the day you came into my life,
And how you destroyed my self worth and pride.
Like a haunting shadow you had followed me,
Torturing me until all of my happiness had died.

You turned my dreams into horrid nightmares,
And you made me regret every painful breath.
I'll never forget the day you made me bleed,
You told me cut until there was nothing left.

Reminiscing on the pain you've afflicted on me,
I feel a crack reappearing on my decrepit heart,
That I had filled with blithe and cordial thoughts,
The thoughts you have managed to pull apart.

By now I feel your breath brushing against my neck,
I smell the tainted, morbid scent of my old friend.
And as you devour the last bit of joy I have left,
I turn around and greet depression once again.

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Reading some of the comments on this poem I see that some people aren't understanding it. My old friend here is depression. I was using personification and symbolism and the person symbolized depression and depression came back again which had previously ruined my life.

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  • 16 years ago

    by TheRevelation

    I understood that your poem was about depression and how this feeling is coming back and taking over again. Depression is never an easy thing to get rid of, it takes time, days, months, maybe even a year but it goes away. Stay positive. Look to someone who makes you happy and will listen and help you when you call or need them. Look for something to do, something that makes you happy. Writing or hanging with friends.
    On to the poem, =]. I believe the emotion is so sincere it just rips my heart to have this pain portrayed so detailed. I really do enjoy and admire your poetry very much. I wish you all the luck and hope that you can beat this "old friend."

  • 16 years ago

    by Annaam

    Hmm.. honeslty, i hadn't realized the old friend u're talking abt is depression... I was worried u had a really horrible friend... But when i re-read it after i came to know made it clearer... :)
    This is really very well-written... The descriptions u gave portray the actual feelings that depression brings along, and that is one mission accomplished successfully!! .. =)

    Great Work and Keep It Up! 8)
    5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    Very well written personification of depression
    Clever wording flowing within the rhyme
    5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Angel Tears

    This one was really really beautiful. It had a message that reached out and touched me through the entire piece. Going through depression again can be very painful, I really enjoyed how you made it seem as if you were greeting an old companion instead of a simple feeling. Really inspiring, 5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Jessica

    Wow, this was chilling! that last stanza was amazing, it was so creepy, and just makes me think of a rotting corpse smelling my neck, that was very good. i also love the last line, i think it's a good way to end the poem. this is more creepy than sad but it also has a very sad feel to it, the emotion in this is extremely strong and as i said before, it makes you feel part of the poem. similarly, the vocabulary you used in here was great, it really added to the effect of the poem, and your use of words helped again in getting your point across.

    You told me cut until there was nothing left.
    ^ I didn't really understand this line.. Was it that he made you cut yourself?

    This was a great poem, andyou did an amazing job, 5/5 :]

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