The Best Anti-Depressant in the World…

Take it from this recently depressed man of almost fifty,

I have found that the best anti-depressant that is also nifty,

Is just the fact of learning how to express the self in words,

To make poetry, to write rhyme,

                            To make yourself shine!

I think that all the psychotherapists in the world, should learn,

To tell their flocks, how to write & consequently burn,

Their checks they usually give to the therapist,

And the drugs they take that they can now spurn,

As this writer has found, that to feel better a lot,

Just put pen to paper, or click on that pooter & type,

For life is not as black as it seems,

It is more than ever always a whole lot more ripe…

Wish I knew of this long ago,

When suicide and death were part of my logo,

But I still keep the pills, just in case,

Even sometimes, depression still presents its ugly face…

But, I do not take those pills like I used to,

As this my present desire has brought to me great peace of mind,

Meditation, writing, reading, and rhyme,

I am altogether better than I ever have been anytime…

                                       (ed)