Member Poem

I am lonely, afraid, and downcast. The storms of life have washed me out, left me only with rust.
Alas, allow me to cast my burdens on an ear that will hear, not suppress, and only hear bits and pieces of my story.
Wipe away every tear that has led me to build up fear. With compassion and love, you help me speak up and cast my fears away instead of caving in.
When I have come to my journeys' end, and melodies I can no longer sing to my dear. When the sound of shattered glass sounds like music to my ear, when the sound of tightened rope is a continuous melody I do hear. When water rushed through my veins and when I was led to think my life was vain.
I hear you cheering me on from a near distance telling me to hold on, and no longer fear. To let you in and carry my burdens while you draw near.
You ask me to allow you to be my strength when I am wretched. Assure me you have plans not to harm me but lift me, give me hope, and a future.
Persuade me to no longer carry my burdens on my own, wrap your arms around me and feel me with warmth. You show me that I lack nothing if I do not walk on my own.
When suicide is my only option, you tell me to let go of my suffering, to see this as only a test when strange things happen.
Please see only the good in me, ignore my bad and burdensome past. Stars of love when I see pain, peace when I see sadness, joy when I see disdain. Through it all, you stay.
Closer than a brother, stronger than a lover, a friend who cherishes my soul to its journeys’ end.