With this sky so black I must travel through the valley of thorns

With no light to guide my way

Pain, misery and I must travel alone

Beasts wait for me to die from hunger and isolation

I'm weak from my mind laying siege to my positive place

I give up and lay down waiting for these thorns to consume me like the others who have failed to cross this chasm of eternal nothing.

My eyes become heavy in waiting for someone to pass by who has the strength to pick me up and bring me to the other side

As my eyes close I see a red light too far to reach and too far to speak in the distance. Eerie yet beautiful lulling me towards it. So different so strange to this Valley of thorns.

I push myself up with all the pain and aching. All these thorns injecting into my palms and feet. I see only red as I stumble and fall towards this object.

Everything feels wet and tacky. I'm getting closer. I scream in pain as I reach for it. Something sharp and bold pierces my fleshy fingers.

I grab hold and my pain subsides. These colors I see disappear. I do not feel misery or isolation. I found the other side of the valley of thorns. That is the funny part, there is no other side. Only this thing to protect me from the thorns.

Just like that I found you, a Rose, in this Valley of Thorns.

I walk in only to find out the water is cold and damp.

The sun has gone down and the clouds blocking this infinite universe from my eyes.

My sight shows me nothing but the darkness and the cold water I'm standing in.

The shore disappears.



I Start thinking

You know as we all do when we are alone.

But I think of a place darker then where my feet are

This place there is no escape

This place lacks functionality

This place lacks positive thoughts

This place is my tide



Suddenly I'm ****** into the water

Tirelessly swimming trying to get air as the water drowns my lungs.

I'm trying as hard as I can but the more I try the farther out into the water I get.

I swim for what seems like an eternity and just moments ago.

I was on the beach with some

friends having a good time.



I'm drowning

I give up.

Letting it take me.



Then suddenly a hand grabs mine

Pulling me back to that shore that is now gone.

I feel comfort.

I feel love

I feel friendship

I feel the tug of tide on me



The tide pulls me and my new companion into the water.

We are both drowning now trying to reach out for help

This friend refuses to let go.

The tide swallows us whole.

She let's go of my hand.

When she let go was when I realized she could make it back to shore.

I...could not.



I've been drowning for a long time.

I've been thinking for even longer

I've been freezing in this water

I've been stuck in the tide



Soon I will be lost at sea

Then everyone wil be

In my tide