Depression is Not Sadness

Description

11×14” oil on canvas

This oil painting is currently in a matte black float frame. The frame is included with your purchase of the original painting.

Giclée prints are printed on a medium-weight acid-free paper.

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The following poem inspired this surrealistic painting:

Depression is not sadness;

it is being buried in dreams

of anxiety and pain

It is staring at the

same

page

of a book

and not even hearing the rain

Depression is not sadness;

it is wanting someone there

but having nothing to say

It is not feeling the wind

on a cool breezy day

It is staring at the ceiling,

watching the fan ocillate

It is face down in the couch

under a boulder’s weight

Depression is not sadness;

when you feel like a burden,

no one can hear you cry

And you wouldn’t have an answer

if they asked you why

The shower stays

bone

dry

The sun rises and sets

behind the curtains you close

The moon looks down on you

with its soft, milky glow

Caresses your hair

and all the oil it’s grown

Depression is not sadness;

it is waiting without a clock

and existing is a chore

It is being chained

to the bottom

of the ocean floor

Going up

or going down

on the same elevator

Depression is not sadness

Do I end it all now,

or later?

C. L. J.