can someone help?

[roxie_09]

Am not sure if this is the right place to put this, so apologies if not, I had no idea where to put it. I am doing a presentation on depression and wondered if anyone has come across any good poems or quotes that relate to depression. Thanks x

[boxtops]

Have a look here, roxie (the links start after the insurance ads, etc!) http://famouspoetsand...depression_poems.html

and also - "Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday" - simple but true.

[boxtops]

There's more here http://www.poetryamerica.com/sad-poetry.asp

[roxie_09]

Thanks Boxtops :) x

[marval]

There are some here as well.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/depression/

[roxie_09]

Thanks Marvel x

[marval]

I hope they help

[andy-hughes]

Here's quote for you - 'Deal with your demons ... or your demons will deal with you.'

It's mine - based on personal experience - use it with my blessing.

[roxie_09]

Thanks Andy. They have all been a great help and some really touching poems and stories x

[ladyalex]

Résumé

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.

Dorothy Parker's take on suicide...

[roxie_09]

Thanks all, the links have been fab, have chosen a poem, and thought I would share it with you

The Mirror
By Joanne Curry

When I look into the mirror it's not me I see
There is an older woman looking back at me
I don't know where she came from and
I don't know why she's there
I just know I don't see me in the mirror anywhere

This lady looks so sad you see...it makes me feel so bad
She looks like she is searching for the beauty she once had
Her skin is not so perky and her hair has turned to gray
What happened to the young girl she knew just yesterday

I see her eyes well up with tears and some fall on her cheek
It is then I feel so sad inside and now my knees are weak
For I realize that the woman in the mirror who keeps looking back you see
Is not a total stranger in reality she's just..... Me

xx