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A personal account of  obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, social anxiety, and agoraphobia

 

        

 

 

Picture of Deception

     I was still extremely depressed and choosing to focus on everything wrong in my life.   It's not just our circumstances that cause us such distress, but the way we perceive and respond to those circumstances.  It's clear I hadn't yet dealt with many issues and that there was some forgiving that needed to be done.   Hurt, anger, low-self esteem, and self-pity permeate this poem.


Picture of Deception

No one can comprehend,
Why she wouldn’t want to live,
Why she feels she has no value,
Nothing worthwhile to give.

From the outside of her house,
You view the model family,
But the windows are kept closed,
Curtains drawn, so you can’t see.

And inside on the wall,
Hangs the "picture of deception"
Gracefully displayed,
To grab everyone’s attention.

If you walked her steps through life,
The true picture you would see,
And you too would seek a way,
To finally be free!

 

 



 

   

 

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