When I look up at the sky
My tears turn to dust
Into mountains of sand
And eternal mistrust
I beg on my knees
To relieve all my pain
When nothing is ventured
Then nothing is gained
And so I take steps
That may lead me astray
As the sun hides in clouds
And the day turns to gray
I put 1 foot in front of the other
And make strides towards a goal
And I feel a sense of empathy
Deep down in my soul

My heart was always
bluer than the sky—

I asked the sea
if it might
wash my pain
away—

but the sea
will carry nothing away
that I don’t let go.

Drift light with snowflakes—
a snow bird invisible
in a world gone white

Sometimes
you back up into a corner
not knowing what else to do—
you feel terribly alone
and terribly blue.

You—
alone and blue
backed into a corner.

Just remember—
feeling alone and blue
you have backed into a very strong corner
and life has your back.

So stand
just a moment
and breathe—
just breathe
and know—
you are not so alone
and not so blue.