It's yours to make

"Stay strong"

Easy to say

Difficult to do

When everyone

Would rather you not.

Don't fight to be better than me

Fight to set your dreams free

We are all trying

to believe

Something amazing is waiting to be seen.

Listen to the emotions of your heart

Hear the words it's trying to say.

There's a time and place for logic 

to get in the way.

~Don't allow it everyday.

Bask in the beauty

You create.

Smile

Laugh

Listen

Love

Let go of hate.

Life is what you make.

Make it worth writing about!

Make it a life~

The history books will envy.

Taken too soon

Park bench built for two

How odd

I sit and wait for you.

I know you won't come

You never do

But, I'll sit and wait

and hope

today is the day, you do.

Sounds silly when I say it out loud

"Just once,

 I'd like to not look for your face in a crowd."

I can envision you anywhere

I can envision you with anyone.

It's seeing you with me ~

That's the key!

I hear laughter and I have to look

Sadly, it's no longer you.

I smell your cologne and follow the scent

It leads me to someone, but not to you.

I read a sign that reminds me of you

Crazy, everything brings me to you ~

but, You.

Did you have to go?

I've wished you back a million times

Then I read the note that

I've held onto for so long ~

"Taken too soon but never forgotten"

That's still as far as I've gotten.

Fighting depression

Everyday, 

I live with depression.

In every way

I fend it off.

Some days it creeps up on me

Other days~

It hits me full force in my face

It's an all consuming darkness

It brings with it

pain and despair.

It engulfs my lungs

It pokes holes in my heart

Drains my soul.

Tells my brain

"You are worthless!"

It's as if I am fighting to close a door

But, depression is almost as strong as me

Somedays, it's stronger than me.

I'll hide away

So none can see

Just how much pain

Depression can be.

I don't want everyone to see

How really

small and insignificant 

I feel to be.