How Can This Really Be? Poem by nicola burkett

People say that depression is a black hole
That it's the cause and effect on your lightened soul
But how can this be?

People say that depression is when emotions are lost
That the heat that once burned has been turned to frost
But how can this be?

People say depression is when life just simply sucks
And you no longer have the energy to give one or two f***s
But how can this be?

I would love to feel like a black hole
And to feel something inside my soul
But all I feel is nothing
I would love to know my emotions were lost
And to feel the feeling of a once heated frost
To have any emotion to loose
To have the ability to find them or at least choose
But all I have is nothing
I'd love to be able to say 'this day sucks'
or 'I simply couldn't give one or two f***s'
But all I say is nothing

For I feel nothing
For I have nothing
For I say nothing
For I am nothing
But how can this be?