Maelstrom

Maelstrom thoughts

“Don’t just sit there!
Pull yourself together!”

Darkness in my head
Maelstrom thoughts
Aching, bone weary
Lost for words.

Depression clings to me,
Clogging my mind
Words fail me.

“There’s nothing wrong with you!
You are making yourself ill.”

Depression grips tighter
Ever tighter
Mind, body, soul
Enforced lethargy

Your words thudding into me