Depression: Synonym of your shadow

Black, dark,

Hanging onto you 

whenever there is even a little light in your life,

I make sure to be there.

Seen, unseen,

People either see me and ignore

Or don’t see at all,

But I make sure to tag along

Front, back, sideways

I be wherever I can,

Holding on to you

Like you are my master

But I’m the ruler

You’re my source

And I suck the life outta you like a parasite.

Outdoors, indoors,

I hover around you

And you barely manage to push me away

I know you tried.

Happiness, sadness,

I love to linger and tap you time to time

Especially when you are laughing the loudest,

I invite my best friend "anxiety" in

and party playing the string of your nerves

Feed on your happiness

And get drunk on your soul

It is my favorite booze.

Known, unknown,

I know you know me as a synonym of your shadow,

That follows you around everywhere you go,

And people ignore me as if you are just sitting in a dark room and I don’t exist

What they don’t know is I have become a part of you

Especially in the darkest corners like a ghost

That becomes powerful in the dark

That knows all the magic tricks

And uses it

at the worst times

And possess you

To make you do things

You don’t want to do.

Prompt Day 1: April 1 - "Shadow: Imagine you are someone’s shadow for a day and write a poem on it."