Eric Bergeron

Eric Bergeron Jun 2021

Some days, I wake up, and feel like I am nothing.
The dark hits and I feel worthless
I am small
I am powerless

During those times, my eyes are closed
I don’t want to be engulfed in the darkness

I have lived in the dark for too long

No more living in the dark
I am done, I am through

I will fight the darkness so I can feel the light against my skin

When I am out of the darkness, I feel mighty
I feel powerful
I am not nothing…

I will show the world who I am

Living under the black cloud of depression is one of the hardest things in life. But I will NEVER let it win.

Eric Bergeron Apr 2021

Fall and Rise

I may fall
I may get beat up by life and crumble to the ground
Giving up and staying down sometimes feels like the best option
Surrendering to the darkness...

I will not let that happen
I will rise up as many times as I fall
I will not let the darkness win
I can't let it win...

As long as I have at least a single ounce of strength within me, I fall, I rise.
That is my promise to the world

I fall, I rise. My promise, unbroken.

#strength #power

Eric Bergeron Mar 2021

Memories and a dream

If dreaming is the only place you can see me, I hope you never dream...
Live with the memories of me, but nothing else.

Eric Bergeron Mar 2021

We are the broken

WE are the broken. The ones who have been beaten down by the world. By others around us and the storms we face EVERY single day.
We are the ones who have fallen down time after time. Never sure if we will be able to rise back up.
We are the ones that the world looks down on. They doubt us and tell us we are nothing, that we are weak.

But hear this. We will not be silenced. We may fall, but we will always get back up and carry on. We will exit each storm stronger than the last, and ready to face whatever is next.

WE are the broken, and we are here to stay.

Hear this world, we are here to stay....

Eric Bergeron Feb 2021

2:36AM

2:36am. You lay awake in your bed with your mind racing.
Your darkness is hitting you full till, crushing you and making you feel like nothing.
Your mind tells you that you should give up. No one would miss you.
Give up and you can finally rest.

But let me tell you this. Every time so far that your darkness has showed up and tried to take you down, you didn't let it...
Even when it knocked you over and beat you down, you survived and you rose back up to keep fighting. You have survived every single moment of your life up until now.

You are not just a survivor, you are a warrior, and I am so incredibly proud of you.

Eric Bergeron Feb 2021

Same world, Different demons.

Remember this.
We are ALL living in the same world, but we are all fighting different demons.
As tough as mine are, someone else might be fighting tougher demons. Those demons might might be breaking them down day by day. Crushing and beating down on them.
You have no idea what they are fighting inside their own mind. They might be sitting dangerously close to the edge, ready to fall and let go. Their light would fade from this world, because no one was there to save them. They do not know how to reach out when the darkness hits.
Always try and remember that when you are around people/.
Live with empathy and love.
Who knows? You may just save a life.

You never know the demons others are fighting. Be kind.

Eric Bergeron Feb 2021

The Mask

A man rises at dawn, removing the mask that is his past.

He wants to start a new, using scissors to cut the memories of the past.
Visions that haunt him, enduring many sleepless nights reliving the horrors from long ago.

His future awaits, and he will no longer wear the burden that is the mask.

The scars of his past, erased by the dreams of his future.

I shed the mask for a better future.