Today I woke to the sound of sleet etching my window; the wind moans to enhance the mood, my edges, ragged as the stony clouds, bare, the trees sway and shiver as if to say they understand. Today I wake again to sadness, stark realization of your brokenness I cannot mend, the emptiness I cannot fill. A storm lingers in your soul, as we vacillate, from hope to despair, one minute reaching for life, coming so close only to watch it vaporize into the air, lost in the solitude of your mind you wander alone, just beyond my reach I can’t find the way to part the clouds, I can't find the way to find you again – I miss you. How I wish I could take away your pain I want to take it all onto myself. But I can’t stop the storm you have raging inside any more than I can stop the rain from falling to the ground at my feet.
December 2017
Written for my beautiful daughter who was struggling with depression. It is so hard to watch someone you love suffering and not be able to do anything to help.
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