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My Mother Explains My Depression to Me

There was a great storm at sea
The disciples were afraid the ship would get swallowed up
Now read, read what Jesus said
Read it he said
“Why are ye fearful, lo ye of little faith”
Then he arose and rebut the winds and the sea
And there was a great calm, see
She says, “See? Don’t you feel better?”
And she does not know
That I tried to drown myself accidentally on purpose
For the second time today
But that is just too much to say
So instead I say
“No, I am not Jesus.
And I have depression, not a storm”
And she says
“We all know doctors just make that up in order to sell pills”
“We all know you just made this whole thing up to get out of going on your church mission”
“You don’t have depression”
“You just don’t have enough faith”
Read, read what it says about the two men possessed with devils they say,
“If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine”
And Jesus said
“Go”

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