The thoughts cloud my mind
Thoughts of worthlessness and despair
Thoughts infiltrate my head,
They may as well be hair.

Accept them as they are.
Just let them be.
Allow the tears to fall,
Let the pain be free.

Yet how can I continuously feel this way
Allow this pain to grow,
Sit as these unruly thoughts
Fall upon my mind like snow.

I'm up against some demons
Their form has morphed into something new
Demons I'd thought I'd banished away
I once again have to muddle my way through

Mud
For weeks I've been wading in it.
Hoping the rain would go away
Praying it wouldn't be here to stay.

Because I lack complete faith in me
I can not see what others see.

In that picture you look great!
My mind can only conjure up hate.

A prisoner.
Of my own mind.

But this prisoner knows its sentence will come to an end
I am determined with every ounce of might
The demons are here
But I have the will to fight.

I'll reach for the stars
Friends and family that brighten my life.
And will help bring me
into new light.