This one is purely about the physical toll that depression can make other people feel. The emotional toll inside anyone is different for each person. No one can truly tell how a person is feeling, because people seem to fake it all the time. Here though it seems like you want to be alone because happy people make you nervous and you don't want to steal that happiness from them by showing how you truly feel. I love how you don't fake the emotions you are feeling here and show how much you hurt inside. 5/5

Hmm... Saffie
I saw a fluffy puffy bear,
in a sunny funny day,
with funky sulky eyes,
that made me run away

and I thought,
oh god, I fear for my life,
I shall leave this place
before this bear
tears the smile off my face

and so I ran, and I ran
in a funny clumsy way
with a grumpy numbly leg
that made fall
before I could escape
from the bumpy dusty road
in which the fluffy puffy bear
rested in a bench.

And it was then,
while on the ground
that I realized
that it was just
a lovely teddy bear.

Such a powerful, emotional poem, Saffie and it really touches my heart you could share this too. Certain things stand out to me such as seeing depression as poison, and wanting any other mood as I can understand that. We all yearn to feel fulfilled and happy in life but sometimes may feel it is too out of reach. The last two stanzas made me picture this woman trying to act, look, speak with strength and motivation, yet she has lost something and there is that jealousy that others can be almost carefree inside.... but it can be hard to hide the hurt we feel. That last line is almost a softer line in the poem in that I feel your kindness in wanting another person to be happy in the end, yet you quietly wish you could share in that smile or have one to call your own.

Keep holding on <3