Dark Days, Dark Nights

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Dark Days, Dark Nights

Even though it’s light, it seems so dark

Darkness is my world, a void of black nothingness

Night becomes day yet the colour does not change

An endless tunnel with no end

A deep hole with no top

No escape from the black clouds that never move

Black thoughts control my life

Black feelings anesthetize my emotions

I do not care, I do not feel

I cannot see and I cannot hear

Blackness surrounds me, clouds all that I do

Dark images envelop me, consuming my life

Where did this darkness come from?

Why does it linger?

Even my dark nights are darker than dark

Stopping me sleeping, even the sheep are black

Nightmares are constant, no meaning, no why

Waking bathed in sweat only to find you are still there

Angry thoughts and angry ideas, it’s just so dark

Not even a single ray of light

No hope and no future

It seems as if I am doomed to live in this place

I’m blinded by the blackness, like a bat out of hell

Where is the light, where do I go?

There is no end in sight, but I still have hope.

The Black Dog

The Black Dog

He’s the bain of my life

Always there, always watching

Just sat in the corner causing me strife

Always with me, my constant shadow

Oh, what can I do for me and my wife

Black dog, black dog, what do you want?

Black, dog, black dog, why don’t you leave?

Black dog, black dog, what have I done?

Black dog, black dog, what do I have to do?

I know he’s there

I can feel his stare

He tries to control me

He causes me despair

He celebrates my sadness with unbridled glee

But black dog, I know what you want

But black, dog, you don’t have to leave leave

But black dog, I know what I have done

But black dog, I know what to do

You can be there

But I will pay no attention

You can watch me

But I do not care

You have no power

You are in detention

My emotions are mine

So sit quietly in your lair

Yes, black dog, you have no purpose

Yes, black dog, you are mine to control

Yes, black dog, you are so small

Yes, black dog, put on your lead

Black dog, black dog, where are you now?

Neither rhyme nor reason

Neither rhyme nor reason

Think deeply, think freely,
Where do your thoughts go?
Do they go up or do they go down,
Like birds on the wing,
Following their path,
Inside and outside, no-one knows where they go,
Are they light or are they dark?
Into the space between thoughts to find answers

Neither rhyme nor reason
Nothing seems to matter
Neither rhyme nor reason
Its all incessant chatter

Think clearly, think freely,
You can control where your thoughts go,
Choose to set them free,
Like clouds in the sky following the wind,
Inside and outside you know where they go,
Into the light from the dark,
The answers lie in the thoughts,
Not the spaces between,

Neither rhyme nor reason
Everything matters
Neither rhyme nor reason
Its all just innocent chatter

by Steve Scott, Depression Coach