A forgotten word maybe,
Some small gesture maybe,
An old photo, moment frozen in time,
A name heard after ages maybe.

Right in the middle of life
Mid-smile, interrupting walks,
An old melody maybe,
Suddenly like screechy chalk

Just out of nowhere
With no warning
Crashing it comes
Like a tsunami unstoppable

This wave after wave
Of depression and despair
Burrowing holes
Making inroads

Building decrepit houses
Inside the brain
Stays in murky depths
Brings on dark clouds

Drowning, drowning me
Suffocating my air
Taking away my Sun and Moon
Muffling my silent screams

Pull me up
Don’t let me drown
There’s nothing here
Just emptiness and total mortal silence.

I was laughing
Just moments ago
Now I sit in this corner
Inside my own mind
Trapped!

This dementor
Took away all my sunshine.

Empty eyes and parched lips
Thirsting for a little love.

Just one word dropped
Into my being
And along this wave arrived
Uninvited and pouring rain

Just one little trigger
And I am gone again
Into nothingness
Into the void

Climb out
Shout out
Let me out
Get out!

These pin-pricks
These miniscule, continuous
Drip-drip-drips
They will kill
They will destroy

All thought of smiles
Every moment of joy
Every single reason
To be alive.

I am back here again
In this endless loop
This bottomless pit
Falling and falling into the depths

Pull me out
My love
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me drown!