Holiday Depression Poems

So I turned 21

And I couldn’t help but feel

That the dreams I once had

Began to slowly seal



That every birthday after this

I sink further into the...

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The holidays have pulled their shades-
their season's joy is packed away;
likewise, euphoria now fades.
The holidays have pulled their shades;
old problems surface with crusades
to block the...

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Adoptee Victim of the Holidays by Corey Quinn (Chaotic rhyme scheme to match my emotional state)

As I enter the home to over salted deviled eggs,...

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Grandpa snored loud by the fire,
Dreaming of treats he’d admire.
He woke with a yawn,
Found the cookies all gone—
Seems the dog’s now our chief cookie buyer!
...

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It's 5:30 AM, sky bruised and quiet,
And he’s there at my feet, my loyal companion,
Eyes bright, no judgment, just need.
Out we go, one steady step,...

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COVID
Everything I built crumbles.
My job goes under
My friends disband
Some of them drop off the face of the earth
Others dealing with trauma for the first time
Nobody...

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The table is old and worn
nicks and scratches 
its red plastic tablecloth left over from a forgotten Christmas
its holiday pattern worn and forlorn
many a Thanksgiving...

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Someone who lives a life full with sin
You should never love them or claim them to be kin

They may daily claim to be a spiritual...

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Some children won’t be around this Christmas
Their families still locked in the throes of grief
The holiday season will continue with briskness
But they’ll find no solace,...

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I present myself to you,
And only you
Dressed in red
From head to toe
Adorned with a 
Cream-colored ribbon
Waiting to be unwrapped
During the holiday, but
You revealed my mind
Thoughts...

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I hate Christmas
Cuz I never get what I want
I feel like scrooge
Cuz I’m addicted to bitterness

I have these thoughts that haunt
Me every year
So I drown...

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The cool breeze of the holidays
turns into a nightmare of mirrors:
    I am inside a polyhedron of mirrors.
    They...

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Suburban waste stretches beyond and far away
Languishes under the hot hazy sun
Seasons reap
Memories run
Remembering things better left unseen
Memories reel in the theater on the mind
Things...

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Ding dong, hear the bells of Christmas.
Wind songs of the holiday.
How many bells are ringing 
How many bells are singing
A sad song that belongs to...

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Happy to be here

Is there someone you know,
who's dark days only grow,
And they can't say, they're happy to be here

When a bright, new day breaks,
but,...

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