Do you see me?
I know,
In the darkness,
It is hard.
For,
My newfound friend,
I have been there.
My innards steel to ice,
My body tense, friction
Crackling between the shell of myself
And the big, bad world.
I have heard those words
That slow my mind,
Send it into screaming
Agony
no escape.
Slow my breaths
Still my heart
The process
Begins
Shock
Denial
Bargaining
Guilt
Anger
Depression
Acceptance
The last step
Is a journey
Of a lifetime
That many can never
Achieve.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
NO!
In the darkness
Nothing matters
But what is gone.
How is it possible,
For someone to be there
(Real, solid, alive)-
And then not?
How is it possible
For a life to be over
So suddenly?
Why?
The pain is so deep
You shy away
There is no time to unlock it,
No time to cry.
Except all the time
In the world
That you will never
Take.
Some slip
Into the darkness
And never come back.
Some enter the darkness
And fight it
I urge you, my friend -
be the latter.
Live,
Breathe,
Feel the light of day,
the dark of night,
And know that
you
are still alive.
When you emerge,
From this dark place,
You will not know me.
We are two strangers,
Passing in the dark.
And everyone enters the dark,
Some several times a day.
But,
If you remember this,
Think of the wraith who drew you out
Into a brave new day
And
smile
For
me?