something that stopped me in my tracks

a short poem of depression

Something that once stopped me in my tracks
Was my own self doubt
Something that once stopped me in my tracks
Was my own self destroying hatred
Something that once stopped me in my tracks
Was a sickness too strong to deal with
Something that stopped me in my tracks
Was a battle I couldn’t win

Something that stopped me in my tracks
Was the day I discovered I needed help
Something that stopped me in my tracks
Were my own personal demons to big to fight alone
Something that stopped me in my tracks
A pain resurfaced from the past
Something that stopped me in my tracks
A day? A week?
A month? A year?
No, it was a year times three
A time best forgotten
A time I spent alone
A time id been forgotten
By all but my home
Something that stopped me in my tracks
The words of another
Something that stopped me in my tracks
A disease far too destructive
Something that stopped me in my tracks
That something was depression