did you ever read
the love letters I sent
across the wind,
wept within the ocean?

or am I buried
beneath the sand
of all your forgotten
memories?

did you ever hear
the whistled song of love
I gave the birds to carry,
the whispers of my heart?

or has the tune
long faded with the dark
the lost echo
of a dying star?

do you remember us
or am I just a dream
alone in disillusion
of once upon a time,

flare gun
burning in the night
a single flame
desperately searching for something that is already gone

sailing on the sea
messages in a bottle,
a quest to find you
in the mass of disarray,
broken pieces of my heart.

a lost signal

Dear depression,

Sometimes I yearn to run from you
to be swept away
until the day
my world changes
from grey sky
to milky white and blue

somewhere where the rain
doesnt bury me beneath a sea
of my own tears
depression
it holds me captive in fear
swallows me

in its black mouth
while frantically I look for an exit
but there is none
not one I can see
at least not at the beginning
the dark is long in length

all consuming
yet though I feel like death
I do not die
Somehow I find the strength
hidden deep inside of me
the secret to living

to conjure the light within
feel the well of hope swell
in that sliver of will
see tomorrow as a quill
and rewrite sorrow into joy
paint the future bright

I deserve to be happy
To be free to fly
even if it takes time
I will mend
All will be well with my soul
in the end

I'll be who
I was always meant to be
burn like a wildfire
Brilliantly shine
Content
Fearless

Sincerely,

A survivor