Depression: Horror Show

Life is a horror show
with happy moments
interrupted by scary surprises
leaving you shaken and relieved
only to be slapped in the face
again and again
by a taunting clown with sharp teeth

Feeling betrayed,
frustrated and overwhelmed
your inner psyche
throws up her hands and declares
"fuck this shit"
yanking you downward
into a hellish whirlwind of doom and gloom

Able to come up for air, you
swim to safety exhausted,
laying on the rocky shore
panting, thankful its over...
Only to be fooled by an interlude of false peace,
in which respite is soon destroyed.

A monsterous spiked tentacle rises
from the depths of darkness,
grabs ahold, and flings you like the tail
in a game of Crack the Whip,
throwing you back into the whirlpool of hell,
doomed to repeat its vicious cycle
of torment

Happiness never survives...
for long
Demons and monsters await unseen
ready to pounce
like a demented horror show
that always circles back