MY DEPRESSION

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Portico 2:22pm

Yes, It was MY Depression —

It wasn’t anybody else’s

yet It affected so many —

like My Mother’s Brain Tumour —

Yes, It was HER Tumour

but It affected so many —

and My Shower of Silver Lights —

Yes, It was MY Shower

It affected so many —

and Yes, It still does