Laughter Cries

12 Tuesday Aug 2014

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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depression, mental illness, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, poetry, robin williams, suicide

I wasn’t going to do this but after reading several posts throughout my Facebook feed, I had to. So many do not understand the toll severe depression or any mental illness, takes on a body. Not only for the individual, but for the people around them. Unless you’ve experienced it, don’t judge…you really have no idea.

Major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. In 2012, an estimated 16 million adults aged 18 or older in the U.S. had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This represented 6.9 percent of all U.S. adults. (info via http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ )

In Memory of Robin Williams…. 1951-2014

Silent screams
Howl in your mind
The shrill sounds
Only you can hear

And you laugh

Hoping to hide the pain
Masking the horror
Of a life inside you
Waiting to be understood

And you cry

Never quite accepted
The darkness wins
And the lights fade
In the brightness of your smile

Photo via Disney.wiki.com

You Look Fine

02 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Life, Poems, Poetry

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addiction, arthritis, cancer, chronic disease, depression, diabetis, dorindaduclos.com, fibromyalgia, health, misunderstanding, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Night Owl Poetry, poetry, silent battles, TM, Transverse Myelitis, transversemyelitis.org, you look fine

You will never see
the silent pain, or the broken souls
who question why
Or how or what
they did to deserve this
enormous disruption of their lives.

Independency taken
away in the blink of an eye
and never an understanding
It becomes a constant battle
to make those around them perceive
the reality.

The glares of the accusing
unaware, of the horror within
the courageous body before them
They poke and tease
with disbeliefs and “you look fine”s
without an inkling or thought
as to what they suggest.

But the strong do not give up, do not stop
the fight against a villain
who showed unwelcomed one day
They struggle and confront the world
that looks upon them unsure, skeptical
Uncertain

They are brave and fierce people
who will not let this malady define them
who will not let the constant depression
sadden the brightest days
Who choose, instead, to be an inspiration
to others who fight a similar battle
with compassion, caring…hope

Dedicated to those who fight a silent battle, whatever it may be. God bless all of you.