That downward slide

Into the depths of depression.

The misery, the agony,

The desparate despair,

Into the heart of darkness.

Depression strikes again

Swift as a coiled snake

Deep into my heart

The consumation of my soul.

When will it end?

03/12/1989

Author's Note: I had been reading Joseph Conrad...

Posted on 04/18/2008
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