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Standing On The Edge Of Depression
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TITLE (EDIT)
Standing On The Edge Of Depression |
DESCRIPTION
Self-worth, self-pity and self-confidence.
[137 words] |
AUTHOR
R Bennett Okerstrom |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
A collection of my work from circa 1995 to the present. Some dark and deep, others bright and cheerful.
[December 2014] |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (63)
Asylum Of My Soul (Poetry) Nowhere to go. [36 words]
Blanket Of Trust (Poetry) Take my secret to your grave [59 words]
Blood Game (Songs) A lyrical taste of the hunt created solely for a friend's upcoming novel. [139 words] [Horror]
Broken Halo (Songs) An angel falls from her sky [182 words]
Bryna (Poetry) Saying goodbye to my mom [131 words]
Columbian Necktie (Songs) When you've said one too many things to piss someone off...someone writes a heavy metal song about you. [99 words] [Horror]
Dark Wave (Poetry) Exorcising demons of the past [113 words]
Deliverance (Poetry) Lingering thoughts and images of something I cannot recall. [97 words]
Denial (Poetry) Forbidden love [191 words]
Downtown: Coney Island Footlong (Poetry) Part four of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [635 words]
Downtown: Do You Have A Quarter? (Poetry) Part one of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [315 words]
Downtown: Mr. O.D.C. Preacher (Poetry) Part three of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [261 words]
Downtown: One Eye (Poetry) Part two of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [223 words]
Dreamscape: The Thirst (Poetry) It even happens in your dreams. [77 words]
Echoes In My Head (Poetry) Laying in bed on December 24th. [61 words] [Drama]
Eternal Desire (Poetry) A vampire will stop at nothing to claim his bride and grant her immortality. [84 words]
Ever And Ever (Songs) Just another heavy guitar and deep baseline type of song on the subject of immortality. [127 words]
Faceless (Songs) The rise to the top can end abruptly. [116 words]
Feels Like Forever (Poetry) Sometimes you miss someone, if even for a day, and it feels like forever. [66 words] [Romance]
Here Alone (Songs) Sometimes you never see it coming [104 words]
I Keep On Falling For You (Songs) Just found it and others in a folder tagged "1993 Work" [142 words]
I Need (Poetry) This is a song about never really knowing what you had until it's gone. [124 words]
I Own You (Poetry) Never forget that I own you. [88 words]
Imperfection (Poetry) - [62 words]
In Your Dreams (Poetry) - [71 words]
Infidelity (Poetry) When a husband ignores his wife, a marriage will crumble and the wife will stray... [98 words]
Influence (Poetry) How influential can a demon of the night be? [218 words]
Losing Battle (Poetry) Prepare for sin. [109 words]
Lost Without You (Songs) More from the "1993 Work" folder. [179 words]
Mended Heart (Poetry) - [90 words]
Never Regret What Makes You Smile (Poetry) When two people want to be together and they aren't. [94 words] [Relationships]
New Beginning (Poetry) - [93 words]
Nobody Likes You (Songs) How does it feel to be the person that has everything but friends? [170 words]
Nothing (Poetry) - [77 words]
Progressive Silence (Poetry) Sometimes there is no sound. Starting over never works. [79 words]
R.A.O. (Poetry) Saying goodbye to my Dad [79 words]
Remember (To Remind Me) (Songs) Punkish song. [103 words]
Saddam Hussein (Poetry) I was bored. Therefore I write. [39 words]
Sanguinary (Poetry) The blood continues to flow in this experimental preface followed by poetry. [128 words] [Horror]
Seed (Poetry) Are eight lines enough? [44 words]
Shattered Dream (Poetry) The result of betrayal by one's best friend and one's girlfriend. [141 words]
Shut Your Mouth (Songs) Sometimes you just need to shut your mouth! [92 words]
Six (Poetry) What would you do with only six days? [68 words]
Someone Like You (Poetry) - [74 words]
Sounds Of A Summer Countryside (Poetry) - [113 words]
Storymania (Poetry) What is Storymania? [97 words]
Temporary Dreams (Poetry) - [36 words]
The Din (Poetry) 42 strong words. [42 words]
The Embrace (Poetry) A newly born vampire's first taste. [90 words]
The Voice (Poetry) Evil whispers across the wind. [127 words]
Theend (Songs) It's the end of this relationship. [106 words]
To Be Alone (Songs) I'd rather be alone than trapped. [106 words]
Unbridled Fury: The Battle To Breathe (Essays) Subconscious thought... [685 words]
Unbridled Fury: The Subconscious (Essays) Subconscious thought... [365 words]
Undaunting (Poetry) Bring me home [66 words] [Motivational]
Unflowing (Poetry) - [62 words]
Untitled -- 1989 (Poetry) As taken from "Disintegration". [96 words]
Us (Poetry) - [182 words]
Wake Of Destruction (Songs) You can run, but you cannot outrun fate. [112 words]
We Are Right (Poetry) You should always fight for what’s right in life and in love. [113 words] [Romance]
Witch Hunt (Poetry) Defeating the evil that takes away life is more difficult than it seems. [165 words] [Horror]
(I See) The Light (Poetry) Can you see the light? [98 words]
(It's Time To) Cut The Cord (Songs) There comes a time when you just need to cut the cord [131 words]
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Standing On The Edge Of Depression
R Bennett Okerstrom
Standing on the edge of depression,
Engulfed in languor, I ponder over
This lassitude that I cannot defeat.
Slowly gnawing away,
Filling me with worthless inanity.
A feeling that is so far from discrete.
Seclusion from the world outside
Not nearly as prudent as confronting
The obstacles that block my very path.
Holding me captive,
Filling me with constant torment.
Daring me to unleash my inner wrath.
During inauspicious times
I’ve gathered my demons together,
Hid them from the world all so very well.
Suppressing the notion of failure,
Filling me with total anguish yet
Constantly forcing me never to dwell.
This time it’s no different,
Alas, it’s the same.
The storm’s here to weather,
To test me again.
I’ll fight through the despondence
To hell with the game.
Throw everything at them
My life I’ll reclaim.
And when it’s all over,
The smoke will be cleared.
I’ll rise up above them.
Again be inhered.
Ending this chapter,
Remaining revered.
Reinforcing the fact,
That I should be feared.
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"Well done R. Bennett! This is certainly something I can relate to. I will weather my storm too. I have become quite the fighter. Thanks!" -- JM.
"A testament to the resiliency of the human spirit ... excellent work, R Bennett" -- Judith.
"Thanks you two. Times are sometimes tough, yet I always make it through." -- R. Bennett.
"Nice job RB - and the world will be shaking." -- Just A Guy.
"I like this, except for the last line. Why would you want to be feared?" -- Molly B.
"R. Bennett, the excellence of your work shows what a gifted person you are. You are destined for great success! Hang in there!" -- JM.
"And I know something about standing on the edge...nice work" -- mattie, va.
"Molly: It has personal meaning." -- R. Bennett.
"I see. I was thinking that maybe I'd interpreted it too literally. At any rate, I did like it. I've read a lot of your pieces and like most of what I've read. " -- Molly B.
"great piece! I particularly like the last line in the second paragraph. I can REALLY relate to that." -- August, MI.
"Thanks Molly and August. I appreciate your positive comments." -- R. Bennett.
"Very nicely done." -- Mistina.
"Thanks Misti. I refuse to allow the big "G" to drag me down." -- R. Bennett.
"I was hoping you weren't going to keep all those demons locked up over time, 'cause they can grow pretty ugly...good mental work!" -- Mia Angello, WI.
"I don't usually have demons locked up. I usually write them away or play them away on the soccer field or ice rink. This particular piece was necessary at the time." -- R. Bennett .
"i know all about standing on the edge...i like this poem alot...another great piece..." -- kat, Aust..
"Thanks yet again..." -- R. Bennett.
"R, I like how specifically you articulated a broad wealth of emotions; metaphorically contained, subdued and persevered. I am sure that this would touch many people and challenge them to be survivors." -- Royal D.
"Thanks Royal. I wrote this when my job was really pushing me to my limits. Unfortunately it hasn't gotten any better over the past four years and now as we enter 2008 I am once again standing on that edge..." -- R. Bennett.
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2003 R Bennett Okerstrom |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
January 2003 |
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