Darkness Is Coming
A poem about the times you can feel depression returning. It also fits the state of the world today.
Darkness Is Coming
Darkness is coming
Lurking on hillsides
Dancing amidst clouds
Triggering landslides
Darkness is coming
Gathering strangers
Brewing up trouble
Hiding old dangers
Darkness is coming
Stealing the sun’s light
Passing out shadows
Dispensing its blight
Darkness is coming
Summoning your fate
Calling in orders
Deciding the date
Darkness is coming
Commanding all thoughts
Strangling desires
Disconnecting dots
Darkness is coming
Whispering fresh lies
Altering beliefs
Silencing allies
Darkness is coming
Freezing the scorched earth
Dulling sharp edges
Blurring priceless worth
Darkness is coming
Battling each protest
Canceling parades
Closing the hope chest
Darkness is coming
Harvesting power
Welcoming sadness
Making one cower
Darkness is coming
Insisting it’s crowned
Numbing all feeling
Wetting arid ground
Darkness is coming
Cementing the night
Embracing despair
Tightening its bite
Darkness is coming
March 5, 2020
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When you have bipolar disorder, it’s not a matter of if your depression will return, but when it will arrive. Over the years, you learn to spot the signs, to see the darkness on the horizon.
This morning while driving to work, I noticed the purple of the mountains that only appears this time of year. It reminded me of what I’m feeling, knowing what spring always brings. Hope and despair will come together. New life and old nightmares.
Darkness is coming. I can feel it in my bones. I could still see it, even if my eyes failed me. I fear it and dread it, but I know I’ll survive. This isn’t the first visit and won’t be the last. It doesn’t stay forever, and that truth keeps me fighting.
I hope you’ll keep fighting, too.
Until next time, keep fighting.
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This is so beautifully written. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to reading more of your content and learning how to continue my fight against my mental illness.
Thank you so much. That really means a lot. I hope to see you around again.
Also the picture was very fitting.
Thank you. I spend a lot of time choosing pictures, so I’m grateful for your input.
These four lines definitely tell it all. I feel for those of you who are bi-polar, as these times have to make all the problems much worse. Thanks for this powerful post.
Darkness is coming
Gathering strangers
Brewing up trouble
Hiding old dangers
The world right now is hard on all of us, but I appreciate your empathy. We all need more of that. It means a lot that you would take a moment to leave a comment. Thank you.
Coming at the time of social distancing, this poem resounds with urgency
Thank you. Yes, it’s a scary time. I had no idea how dark things were going to get when I wrote this.
I know that lurking darkness too well, but am learning to see it coming and how to cope . Thanks for sharing the poem.
It’s great that you’re learning ways to cope. Thank you for commenting. Keep fighting.
YES. Keep fighting, Friend, especially in these days of forced isolation!
Thanks, you too!
Thanks for sharing the poem. I am learning from you. I will share this widely.
Thank you. I really appreciate your support.