Aug 2014
Hello sadness,
that comes and flows
like dark waters
full of rip tides.
I'm worlds away
drowning in the waters,
that are deep and churning,
i'm struggling to come back up.
I see the light that is the surface,
the only thing that keeps me swimming,
instead of sinking to the bottom,
like a rock.
A rock that has been carelessly thrown into the water,
never looked at,
never discovering the crystals within,
for they wouldn't rub away the dirt.
It's the light that's inside that pushes me upwards,
it prevents me from drowning.
It's the light on the surface that is my goal.
It's the light that gives me hope.
And hope makes me float.
I break free of the waters that held me back
and I want to join the light
as it dances on the surface,
asking me to dance with it.
Now I dance above the waters
that wanted to drown me.
But they are still there,
never leaving.
The waters won't leave me,
they're just waiting for me
to fall into their grip.
Their cold, tight grip.
But to me, it's okay.
For if there is one thing I learned,
is that if there is light dancing above the water,
I should swim upwards,
and join it.
For hope will always keep me afloat,
*even in the darkest waters.
that comes and flows
like dark waters
full of rip tides.
I'm worlds away
drowning in the waters,
that are deep and churning,
i'm struggling to come back up.
I see the light that is the surface,
the only thing that keeps me swimming,
instead of sinking to the bottom,
like a rock.
A rock that has been carelessly thrown into the water,
never looked at,
never discovering the crystals within,
for they wouldn't rub away the dirt.
It's the light that's inside that pushes me upwards,
it prevents me from drowning.
It's the light on the surface that is my goal.
It's the light that gives me hope.
And hope makes me float.
I break free of the waters that held me back
and I want to join the light
as it dances on the surface,
asking me to dance with it.
Now I dance above the waters
that wanted to drown me.
But they are still there,
never leaving.
The waters won't leave me,
they're just waiting for me
to fall into their grip.
Their cold, tight grip.
But to me, it's okay.
For if there is one thing I learned,
is that if there is light dancing above the water,
I should swim upwards,
and join it.
For hope will always keep me afloat,
*even in the darkest waters.
I started this poem in the month of May. The only thing I had was the very first line, "Hello sadness" I have been reading through some poems lately and I noticed Timothy's poem "Depression" and I went straight to these two words and I just wrote. It's interesting what inspires you sometimes... Anyways, here is the poem that inspired me, http://hellopoetry.com/poem/816288/depression/ and I would like to say this to Timothy: Thank you for being an inspiration and a wonderful person to talk to whether it be about poetry or about problems. I hope that you're bout of depression passes quickly and I hope that maybe this poem shines a little bit of light on you and encourages you to dance with the light again. :) I also would like to say to the rest of you're little family: Hilda and Marian, you are wonderful people and I wish the same for the both of you, that you always continue to dance in the light and hang on to the hope and the happiness that is in your lives. :) For all three of you are a huge inspiration to me.
And to everyone else that reads my poems: You are all inspirations too, for if it wasn't for any of you, I wouldn't have kept writing, and on that note... You all will have to get used to me again because I'm back and I don't plan on going anywhere soon. :p <3
And to everyone else that reads my poems: You are all inspirations too, for if it wasn't for any of you, I wouldn't have kept writing, and on that note... You all will have to get used to me again because I'm back and I don't plan on going anywhere soon. :p <3
