Pool of Depression

Now I'm drowning but,
In a different pool than before.
Now it's sullen;
Not Happy.

The pool engulfs me
in anger, sorrow, and love.
The pool hurts,
Even when there's help awaiting the surface.

The critters, they bug around never asking.
But only wondering.
If only they spoke a word of comfort..
Maybe I could surface the pool of depression.

It's a mighty water,
With only one way a man can escape;
If you hide, the pools will get angry
It'll pull you in further.

Into the dark depths of the pool,
I struggle to break free.
But where are the sea critters?
They're supposed to speak.

Now, now even when they hide from me.
I brought them down; there's no point in trying.
It all seems so futile.
They've left the waters, while I plunge deeper.

I look around.
Hoping maybe there's one left.
My vision becomes blurry,
As the tears stream down my face.

I hide; with no one there,
It's inevitable to do so.
The water is mad at me; it wants to help.
But it pulls me in and tels me to find confidence.

Confidence?
In yourself, it replies with a mighty roar.
The waves of the pool can tell you much.
But never would I thinik it giving me advice.

Where do I go?
Home, it replies
..I have no home.
I have only a house.

The water furious, and rapdily pulls me in;
Now I'm stuck.
Where's the rope?
Where's the sea critters?

I look around, once more
Hoping to find someone to help.
I see a glimmer atop the surface waves.
Are they over the pool?

With renewed vigor of hope I frantically swim.
I swim high.
I'm at the top but don't find anyone, anything.
The anger of being left alone, with not even one to talk with resurfaces.

Hope was stripped of me unfairly.
I hear a cry, over the corner of a rock.
I wonder what's going on, what's there?
Maybe they came back, maybe they care?

I swim to the best of my abillity over there.
I see a group .
My friends were there.
WHy weren't you beside me earlier?!

Because you did not see through hopeful eyes, they replied.
I could not comprehend what they were saying.
We were beside you this whole time;
You were blinded by depression, you were the one hiding.

You were the one blind;
We were here,
We were waiting; not you.
We were always here right beside you, we wish you had simply noticed...

I understood.
Maybe for once in my lifetime.
Watch with truthful eyes.
They were there the whole time; I was blinded in the pool of depression

Now, I have a home.
It lies far without the pool of depression
It lies, With my friends.

Nomore Hiding.
Or the pool,
It will hurt you.
...Nomore hiding.