hollow heart – solitude lyrics
explaining my depression to my mother: a conversation
mom, my depression is a shape shifter
one day it is as small as a firefly in the palm of a bear
the next, it’s the bear
on those days i play dead until the bear leaves me alone
i call the bad days: “the dark days.”
mom says, “try lighting candles.”
when i see a candle, i see the flesh of a church, the flicker of a flame
sparks of a memory younger than noon
i am standing beside her open casket
it is the moment i learn every person i ever come to know will someday die
besides mom, i’m not afraid of the dark
perhaps, that’s part of the problem
mom says, “i thought the problem was that you can’t get out of bed.”
i can’t
anxiety holds me a hostage inside of my house, inside of my head
mom says, “where did anxiety come from?”
anxiety is the cousin visiting from out-of-town depression felt obligated to bring to the party
mom, i am the party
only i am a party i don’t want to be at
mom says, “why don’t you try going to actual parties, see your friends?”
sure, i make plans. i make plans but i don’t want to go
i make plans because i know i should want to go. i know sometimes i would have wanted to go
it’s just not that fun having fun when you don’t want to have fun, mom
you see, mom, each night insomnia sweeps me up in his arms dips me in the kitchen in the small glow of the stove-light
insomnia has this romantic way of making the moon feel like perfect company
mom says, “try counting sheep.”
but my mind can only count reasons to stay awake;
so i go for walks; but my stuttering kneecaps clank like silver spoons held in strong arms with loose wrists
they ring in my ears like clumsy church bells reminding me i am sleepwalking on an ocean of happiness i cannot baptize myself in
mom says, “happy is a decision.”
but my happy is as hollow as a pin pr-cked egg
my happy is a high fever that will break
mom says i am so good at making something out of nothing and then flat-out asks me if i am afraid of dying
no
i am afraid of living
you will never remember my face
for i am nothing to you
i have sacrificed my whole life
into thinking i was something more than worthless
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