BLACK DOG, GREY FOG I want to curl up in a ball And shut myself off from it all. No motivation. Lethargy. Without the will or energy To haul my backside out of bed, This negativity is fed By thoughts that can debilitate, Internally emaciate, Slowly erode and chip away At self esteem thats in decay. Depression is still stigmatised. Its sufferers are criticised, Told to pull themselves together, Discover ways they can weather, Cerebral hurricanes that rage. Try as you might you cant engage Your brain to think in other ways, To rid you of those black dog days. To those who think you know the score, Who havent suffered this before. Your chances are its one in four This ill will knock upon your door. So they will get re-elected, Governments have long neglected, To budget, so there are aside The funds in order to provide Appropriate research and care To us enduring this despair. They turn a blind eye to our plight, In full knowledge this dreaded blight Will keep the drug companies sweet, As G.P.s scribble out repeat Prescriptions for the latest pill That may control, not cure this ill. Were not allowed to cause a fuss. So really it is down to us Until depressions understood, Accepted, recognised we should Do what we can in order to Extinguish thoughts that make us blue. © 23/10/14 MICHAEL DENNIS The Black Cab Poet As featured on and the inspiration for The Janice Long Spoken Word Sessions B.B.C. Radio 2, 18/04/12. Over 40 poems read out on Steve Allens Early Morning Breakfast Show L.B.C. 97.3FM. Featured on the BBC London News on BBC1 22/02/13 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21544889, on the Jeni Barnett Show B.B.C. Radio London 94.9FM 29/5/11, in an article in The Metro 06/05/08, in Will Selfs article in The Standard 20/05/08. The Chav Bird Song as played by David Rodigan on Kiss 100 FM, Complete and Utter Banker Song youtube/theblackcabpoet tweet@theblackcabpoet soundcloud/theblackcabpoet cowbird/theblackcabpoet THE BLACK CAB POET A Collection of Poems available at Amazon on Kindle t.co/ybTSB0OS theblackcabpoet@googlemail
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