Just Wasn'T Deep Enough Poem by Kyle Schlicher

Some time long ago
I put it away
without
realizing it.

For years I thought
it was over.
Thought I had won,
conquered
this feeling
of despair
and
depression.

I thought
it didn't matter
because
I didn't think about it.

I had buried it deep
underneath
layers of sleep
thinking
it would keep.

Yet, it crawls,
claws
inching
toward me!

Keeps coming
night
after
night.

I buried it,

just wasn't deep enough.

(5-15-2004)