Depression Tentacles

A poem

Penelope Steunenberg

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Photo by Isabel Galvez on Unsplash

Ill tentacles
Spread strongly, widely,
Like dark vines reaching
They touch and taint all

social life,
working life,
helping life,
caring life,
cleaning life,
maintaining life,
spending life,
loving life,
living.

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Penelope Steunenberg

Empowering others and thinking deeply, sharing short stories with big lessons. I am especially interested in morality, philosophy, and mental illness.