Monday, March 29, 2021

(My) Sweet Depression Part II

We find ourselves meeting again, sweet depression
Over the years and through all of the challenges and changes, you return to me
Finding new ways to fit into the molds of my life now, and proving yourself to be even more adaptable than I ever could have imagined
Before you were all I had, and now I have much more
Much more resilience, much more courage. Much more wisdom and much more heart.
And I find myself still in the newness that life has brought
Here with you, my sweet depression
What I was certain was temporary has demonstrated characteristics of permanence
Like an anchor in my soul that appears different with the changing of seasons
You remain in the depths of my heart--unrelenting, steadfast, ever-enduring like that's just who you are
No one loves me like you, no one remains or persists so devoutly to me
You have become my air and breath. You are essential to my life, you are water, you are sustenance
Sweet depression
Always there, forever all that I've got