The Catechism of Depression

Seething undertows shape searing limbs

Relentless fuel for the eternal fires

The flames devoured the seeds that contained them

Long inert spirits have risen in restless glee

The once harmonious strings that bind the universe

Have been tuned to dischord

Cacophonous aura of illness and woe

Man is but beast of inimitable foulness

But spirit is foulest, devoid and askew

Impure is the secret that all men speak

Impurity is the secret……