The darkness has it's grips on me Trying to suffocate the life out of me It's a slow and painful existence I want to run and hide out Keep the darkness at Bay But no good has come from that The darkness becomes that much more angrier And tortures me that much more I stand up and brush off the dirt Put one foot in front of the other And look the darkness in it's nothingness eyes And find some hope in life, it's everywhere If I will only look instead of wallowing It's out there, I have been involved in it I'm just too ignorant to realize the beauty A talk, well nowadays, a text back and forth From a family member helps a lot or a friend Listening to my kind of music helps a lot Watching my kind of shows helps a lot Especially ones I just started watching and Have been out for a while and I think the Series is over with but I'm just getting into Staring outside up at the blue sky and Realizing spring is right around the corner Washing clothes and being thankful that Even know I don't have many I still have Some and that's more than I can about others But I did there for a period just had the Clothes on my back and I should of been Thankful for that but being in self-pity ***** Having a bed to sleep on is a bright spot Having a roof over my head to sleep on That bed is a beautiful thing. The Darkness can try all it wishes to ***** the Beauty out of my life but it just never will Because feelings are always going to be There, that's just part of life, and when The haze clears from my head the beauty Is there and I'm thankful for that. Whether In self-pity or wallowing in thinking God Or the Universe is out to get me, the beauty Is always going to be there, I just have to Open my eyes some and see it all around And everywhere.