depression

 Release me from the vines embedded in my skin
 They don't hurt me anymore
 Not as much as they did before
 Though I'd love to know this pain
 Less intimately
 The way it holds me
 I belong to it
 This inevitable emptiness
 That feels so secure
 My tears will never soften its grip
 Or lessen its love
 I know the power it feels to nurture it
 Hating it will never be enough
 How I yearn for the energy to feel
 To know a life without its touch
 To give me back the woman I love
 The child who wanted so much
 But such things do not exist
 How I miss the days filled with true happiness
 Before I belonged to this.