Home > Creative Writing > Poetry
Created on: August 08, 2007
Depression (blues in the key of me)
I am footsore-limping and
unsightly in one red stiletto
and one tennis shoe. Fashion
police have declared me
a crime scene, and draw a
chalk outline around my poor
first impression.
I looked to quench my thirst
with a dipperful of cool water.
Instead, my bucket scoops up
mud, toadstools, tadpoles, tears.
The garden hose has gone on
strike and the hummingbird
feeder is out of Kool-Aid.
I was promised to the moon
but got impatient and eloped
with the porch light instead.
Our contempt flickers on and
off, but we're staying together
for the moths. Disappointment
ensues.
In my dreams, it's always finals
and I've never studied. I tear
through Scantrons with my number
3 pencil, while students laugh
at me for showing up at school
wearing clothes. Air conditioning
swats at the heat.
And New Age books are coughing
at me meaningfully from shelves:
"Think your way to success!"
I refuse out of sheer principle.
Depression has been with me
for so long. I don't want it to
cry alone.
Learn more about this author, Sarah Torribio.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.
Below are the top articles rated and ranked by Helium members on:
Poetry: Disillusionment
LAMENT OF A WOULD-BE HERO
I chased the dragons like they said
My lance lodged fast within his head
I saved the damsels in distress
For
by Mel La Duca
Mentor, You Taught
Disillusionment, when will it be complete?
Swallow me whole?
Crushing my glasses of rose beneath reality’s
Brilliant dazzling colors
Grace the countryside
Explosio ns of real life beauty
Only nature can provide
With crisper nights and
I was fooled
By your wishes of love
I was fooled by your words
I listened to everything that you said
But you did not hear
The Flower And The Gander
A being waiting for life
To come and open like flowers
Reveal their essence when approached
Yet closed
View All Articles on: Poetry: Disillusionment
Featured Partner
Charity Music is a nonprofit public service organization that loans musical instruments free of charge to individuals wishing to explore their musical talents. Its mission is to help develop future musical artists. The organization's M...more