Depression haunts you like
a shadow, anxiety covers you
like a blanket, your life falls apart
as quickly as a bottle smashes to the
ground.
Your eyes close as emotion floods
your senses like poison.
I sit next to you, stroking your
hair as if it were rabbit’s fur.
As your chest slowly rises
and falls, I silently swear
to never leave your side, and stay,
like a ghost.
Barton Hills Elementary
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