11 April 2021 | NPM | “Depression”

by Shelley Evans

 DEPRESSION
  
                 Depression hits,
                 the past is haunting;
                 but life goes on,
                 albeit daunting.
  
                 Depressed
                 Stressed
                 Pressed
                 Still blessed
  
  
 DEPRESSION  LIFTED
  
                 Sunday’s message from the pastor
                 in the ears, straight to the heart,
                 lifting the depression,
                 allowed a clean, fresh start.
  
                 A new day
                 to pray
                 and say
                 He is The Way 

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Named after poet Percy Shelley, nature inspires Shelley’s poetry.  Several of her poems appear in chapbooks and anthologies, and her debut book was published in 2020.  Shelley is a wife, mother of 3 grown girls, dog mom, legal secretary, member of WOK and Parkside Church.  Rhyming is breathing to Shelley.