Our Depression

Depression is more than being blue

people think it will go away like the flu

We wish we could just "snap out of it"

we would be as happy as we could get

We don't want people to know we're depressed

so our feelings we keep suppressed

We have to put on our happy face

and try to keep up the hectic pace

We only cry when we are alone

and we wish not to be on the phone

We want to say in bed all day

but we know we can't do it that way

We want to find a place to hide

and we wish this is where we could bide

We want to avoid being in a group

cause we feel like we're going to droop

we seem to bottle up our fears

to avoid the flow of tears

We wish we could avoid being sad inside

because we don't want these feels to reside

We wish we can avoid the sorrow we feel

so some happiness we could steal

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Black Cloud

I want the sun to shine in my life

but all I seem to find is a cutting knife

All I want is a single ray

just for a little brighter day

The sun can't make it through the black cloud

as the storm cries out loud

with the knife I try to cut through

but the cloud is so thick this will not do

I need to get through the black cloud now

but I need someone to show me how

Someone needs to give me a gift

so the black cloud will begin to shift

The gift of joy, hope and peace

so the black cloud will begin to release

The black cloud seems to give me grief

but the gift will help me find relief

with the gift the black cloud will begin to lift

and the rest will continue to rift

when the sun finally breaks through

the joy, hope and peace will begin to show too

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I Hope

I hope God hears me pray

so I always know what to say

I hope God hears me speak

because peace is what I seek

I hope God shows me how to cope

so I don't give up the hope

I hope God will stay with me

so I know what I am to be

I hope God will show me how to stand

and always be with me to hold my hand

I hope God will show me the way

so I won't give up in my day

I hope God will be patient with me

so the comfort I will see

I hope God will show me how not to hide

and always be with me by my side

I hope God will show me how to start

so I carry him in my heart

I hope God will keep me from harms

and be there to hold out his arms

I hope God will show me the love

so I will see the peace of the dove

I hope God will show me the lead

so I will find out my need

I hope God will show me how to turn

because I have so much to learn

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