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The Difference Between Sadness and Depression: A Short Poem

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at ODU chapter.

Sadness visits

Depression lives.

It is a resident of

Your mind

Who steals your happiness

Like your roommate eats

Leftovers in your fridge.

Makes you see the dark

Creeping behind the light.

The evil behind the good.

And makes you believe

You are not good enough

For anyone.

Sadness is the spark that ignites

Depression

Sometimes.

Other times it is

Started for no reason.

The aching with no pain.

Every day a bad one.

Everyone you love

Do they really love you?

Of course.

But that fact is the moon

Behind the clouds

On a stormy night.

Sadness visits

Depression lives.

My name is Danielle (Danni for short), and I am a transfer student here at ODU! Before I came here I wrote for Her Campus at CNU, and I was studying Computer Engineering of all things! I'm majoring in Graphic Design now, and minoring in Spanish. I also work as a delivery driver at Domino's. Besides writing I also enjoy photography, cooking, and dyeing my hair dark red!