Snow capped trees, barren otherwise Lifelessness embodied, an empty space Missing the swaying leaves, breathing life across a vacant sky You can be home, happy, whole and yet still find little cracks in the foundation of your mind A drifter caught within a sea of self concern Medication is a mask, incompleteness wrapped like a bandaid lacking self care One is not the definitive answer or solution without extradition of the mind The crime being expecting happiness to be the cure for all Twenty five versus twenty eight is ample, delusions burst through effort, finding security and peace Lost became foundation, trivial expedition became vitality Imagine unrelenting happiness with nothing holding you down Not clinging to others problematic existences became necessity, a long relationship with my wellbeing Visible weight lifted my psyche, and I rose Winged creatures exude strength and I consider myself an enigma Defying the odds set out, engraved deep within the roots of my youth A powerful message of succession crawling forward trying to heal my mind from years of ignoring mental illness Echoes of the psychological pain Being a product of a schizophrenic ruled woman, melding myself into all that I am I’ve had little to offer in my lifetime besides kindness, I stand behind myself and my family Despite my flaws and after all this time Battling through the ages of time, I am home.