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The Black Dog
There’s a black dog in the corner of my room
His eyes spelling out my impending doom
I know it’s only time till his teeth sink into my throat
And he devours what I thought was the antidote
His fur fills my mouth
I can’t breathe, I can’t shout
His eyes are filled with hate
I’m sorry, friend, you’re too late
The black dog lies at the end of my bed these days
I try so hard to avoid his burning gaze
And though occasionally he’ll shut his eyes
I’m too afraid to move in case he’ll realize
His claws pin me down
Pretty soon I will drown
And I begin to suffocate
I’m sorry, friend, you’re too late
The black dog lives inside me now
I’d get him out if I knew how
I don’t want a monster under my bed
But I’d prefer it to the one in my head
His heart is next to mine
Between them a blurry line
I will soon start to mutate
I’m sorry, friend, you’re too late
His eyes spelling out my impending doom
I know it’s only time till his teeth sink into my throat
And he devours what I thought was the antidote
His fur fills my mouth
I can’t breathe, I can’t shout
His eyes are filled with hate
I’m sorry, friend, you’re too late
The black dog lies at the end of my bed these days
I try so hard to avoid his burning gaze
And though occasionally he’ll shut his eyes
I’m too afraid to move in case he’ll realize
His claws pin me down
Pretty soon I will drown
And I begin to suffocate
I’m sorry, friend, you’re too late
The black dog lives inside me now
I’d get him out if I knew how
I don’t want a monster under my bed
But I’d prefer it to the one in my head
His heart is next to mine
Between them a blurry line
I will soon start to mutate
I’m sorry, friend, you’re too late
Published 11th Jun 2020
| Edited 8th Jul 2020
Author's Note
This song isn’t necessarily saying what I really believe; what I’m trying to get across is the hopeless feeling that comes when you feel your depression/anxiety or whatever your particular ‘black dog’ is, is starting to come back, especially when you thought it wouldn’t come back.
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Interesting metaphor expressed here
Love the tempo to this rhyming spill
Favorite stanza:
" The black dog lives inside me now
I’d get him out if I knew how
I don’t want monster under my bed
But I’d prefer it to the one in my head "
Love the tempo to this rhyming spill
Favorite stanza:
" The black dog lives inside me now
I’d get him out if I knew how
I don’t want monster under my bed
But I’d prefer it to the one in my head "
11th Jun 2020 10:55pm
Thank you! I was nervous to share this, felt too personal and maybe too dark, but I was honestly pleased with how it turned out when I wrote it, and just writing it was a kind of catharsis for me at the time.
Do you think the spacing is better in this one?
Do you think the spacing is better in this one?
11th Jun 2020 11:00pm
i loved the spacing!!
You know many of us here in the Deep (end of the pond) have mental and or emotional issues
and many of us (me included) have spilled and posted here in the deep.
i am a schizophrenic. High functioning, Yes, but nevertheless, i still have great / good days and i still have really really bad / sad days.
Spilling and posting is a type of healing
often, because others who resonate with what You wrote may comment and share with You
or
they may not comment but add You ink to their reading list (i suspect, so they can reread re re read)
You know many of us here in the Deep (end of the pond) have mental and or emotional issues
and many of us (me included) have spilled and posted here in the deep.
i am a schizophrenic. High functioning, Yes, but nevertheless, i still have great / good days and i still have really really bad / sad days.
Spilling and posting is a type of healing
often, because others who resonate with what You wrote may comment and share with You
or
they may not comment but add You ink to their reading list (i suspect, so they can reread re re read)
12th Jun 2020 1:26am
Thanks for sharing; it’s good to know that others can relate to what I feel/spill/post. I have dealt with depression for many years, still working out how to manage it, but getting better. Hope things are okay for you now.
It’s true that writing and sharing can be healing, and I hope some people who read my work can resonate with it. Thanks for reading/commenting - means a lot to find people who understand and like to share poetry <3
It’s true that writing and sharing can be healing, and I hope some people who read my work can resonate with it. Thanks for reading/commenting - means a lot to find people who understand and like to share poetry <3
12th Jun 2020 4:17am
12th Jun 2020 12:43pm
