Depression is much like an insidious black hole
it creeps upon you
for a long period of time you feel nothing 
notice no difference 
maybe that you’re driving in silence more
or too tired to pick up your book at the end of the night 
or that the green of the hills is slightly less vibrant 
maybe you crave the light a little less
saying hello to the neighbor suddenly is a Herculean task 
your favorite food, now bland 

did you know that we will know for decades that a black hole is approaching? 

it will ease into our solar system 
it will sidle up next to Uranus and Neptune 
consuming them whole 
while we continue to scurry like ants
unassuming, under a magnifying glass
as it gets close
if the dramatic changes to our ecosystem haven’t already claimed us
we will feel a pulling
a stretching beyond what we’ve ever felt before
spagettification they call it 
and we each will be reduced to ribbons 

that’s what depression does to you
a slow devouring 
a celestial meal 
it tricks you into believing you’re well
until it mercilessly tears you apart