I cannot move my body <br />I cannot speak at all <br />I am stuck in bed <br />But I hear them call <br /> <br />Want to know when I am coming down <br />But I pretend to be sleeping in <br />I hear them on the stairs <br />My silence will not win <br /> <br />There is a knock on the door <br />And they say my name <br />I do not answer <br />Pretend they never came <br /> <br />But they say my name louder <br />I cannot ignore <br />'Yeah' I reply not taking anymore <br /> <br />'Get up half the day is gone' <br />That is what they say <br />I tell them 'No' <br />Then say 'Go away' <br /> <br />I hear them tut <br />I wish they could understand <br />Instead they say 'Lazy' <br />It is more than I can stand <br /> <br />How do I explain myself <br />What can I say <br />How do I explain that <br />I am too depressed to get out of bed<br /><br />Rivers O'Donahue<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/too-depressed-to-get-out-of-bed/
