For so long I've been in a real dark place

Hiding away from the things I couldn't face

Drowning in sadness, enveloped by gloom

Day after day I'd sit alone in my living room

Curtains stayed shut, my mind closed off too

Nowhere to be, nothing needed to do

Days and nights merged into one

Didn't know when one ended or when it begun

Not that it mattered, I didn't care

Wasn't as if I needed to be anywhere

People would come, I didn't answer the door

Eventually they didn't come anymore

Darkness and sadness had engulfed my soul

Depression had come and swallowed me whole

Being alive had stopped being a pleasure

Life was something I now didn't treasure

But slowly the dark clouds are shifting

The depression and sadness are lifting

Each day I feel able to do a little bit more

My heads getting clearer, my heart is a little less sore

Things are starting to look a little more bright

I'm half way down the tunnel.......and I'm seeing