When you feelThe darkness closing inCausing youTo yearn to die:Take a breathAnd another;Think of people you love.YesYou may feelYou do themMore harm than goodBut the fact you careIs no small thing.Remember alwaysBreath equals hopeA dead man has none.Know that things can changeWhen all seems lost.Find a reason to hold onAnd another.Keep fightingFor each next momentAndContinue reading “Poem: When You Yearn To Die”
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Poem: Be Silent No More
I walk through the nightRunning from demonsInside my head.HidingFrom pain and shame.I’ve been biting my tongueToo oftenThese past few months.Can’t take it anymoreCan’t keep silentWhen I disagree.Hiding too much of myselfIn my own home.I turn to the LordAsk Her for guidance.She answers me“Speak up.Speak up nowBe silent no more.You focus too muchOn “Live peaceably withContinue reading “Poem: Be Silent No More”
Poem: What It Is To Be Me
You don’t knowWhat it is to be me.To be at war with oneselfEvery momentWaking or sleeping.You can’t imagineThe pain I holdAlways in my heart.You don’t understandHow I can struggle so muchWhile shining so bright.Let me tell youMy dearThe brightest of starsCasts the longest of shadows.If I couldI would let you feelEven for a momentWhat itContinue reading “Poem: What It Is To Be Me”
Poem: I Don’t Know
You ask me: what will happen?How will I survive?You tell me that I mustOvercome my challengesSomehowSomeway.All I can answerAll I can sayI don’t know.I can’t see my end.All I can doIs focus on one stepOne moment at a time.Yet I don’t needTo know it all.All I need to doIs practiceLove and hopeFaith and honor.More thanContinue reading “Poem: I Don’t Know”
Poem: Touch Myself
Through the dayInto the nightI am filled with pain.My dreamsProvide no escapeNo rest.As I lay myself in bedI let it all go.My handsBring my body awakeAs fire fills my blood.My hands moveMy pelvis thrustsAs I rub the pain away.I give thanksTo the LordFor the pleasuresOf human fleshOf matter embodied.I rejoiceIn the factThat I am aContinue reading “Poem: Touch Myself”
Poem: To Show Or Not To Show
“Still your voice”They say to me.“Don’t shareDon’t trustDon’t risk.Hide the darknessOr lose hope of loveFriends and familyAll you hold dear.”I ponder and reflectPray and wrestleIn the endMy answer remains the same.“I believe inHonesty and openness.A burden sharedIs far less weight.Revealing my strugglesTakes strength untold.A risk?YesVulnerability is riskyRisk I gladly take.If darkness scares awayAll hope ofContinue reading “Poem: To Show Or Not To Show”
Poem: Stormy Seas
I’ve been sailing stormy seas of lateNo shore on the horizon.Clouds block the stars at nightWinds howl during dayI find my way by feel alone.Some days are goodSome days are bad.My balance shakes and wobblesSome say my cause is lostSome think my ship not sturdy .I hold to hopeI know what they do not.I mayContinue reading “Poem: Stormy Seas”
Poem: Walk With The Dark
I was walking down the pathHeard the bushes rustle .I frozeHeart pounding with fear .I cried out,“Who’s there?”Out stepped the DarknessLooked just like meOr Shadow meClothed all in blackEyes glowing malevolently.“It’s just me,”It said,“Walk with me a while?”“Sure”I said.And on we went .“You could be so much strongerYou could be so much moreIf you hurtContinue reading “Poem: Walk With The Dark”
Poem: Why I Share
I learned long agoHow to stand alone.My identityMy feelingsMy strengthActed as shield.SlowlyI learned to shareOpenly and freelyAll of mePublicly.I share my darkest secretsMy struggles and my pain.My anxiety and my depressionMy DCD and NVLDMy autism.I share the times I’m wrongI share the times I’m rightI share the times I triedFailed and learned.I share my strengthsIContinue reading “Poem: Why I Share”
Poem: Escaping Demons
I run through the nightMy feet pound the groundMy pulse beatsAnd breath quickensThe demons bite at my heels.I swim through the waterFocus on breath after breathStroke after strokeThe demons swim behind me.I move in ancient patternsAs I practice my Tai ChiSweat covers my bodyEnergy flows through meThe demons lurk just out of sight.I do myContinue reading “Poem: Escaping Demons”
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