My Light

The road in front of me is covered by fog

I’m unable to determine anything

I look back, at the memories I’d made

But I have to keep moving forward

Occasionally a light will appear

Bringing happiness to my heart for a while

Then I manage to push the light away

Leaving me in a helpless fog once again

A rock stubs my toe and I fall to the ground

Tears well up in my eyes, but I push them away

“I can’t cry, not now” I think as I wipe my eyes

I fill my mind with happy thoughts, numbing the pain

I stumble through the fog, wishing for something

Wishing for a steady light to stay with me forever

“But that can’t happen,” I scold myself

And I push forward, blindly through the fog

My trust has shattered into millions of pieces

No light could ever be able pick them all up

And put them back together again

No light has ever known my pain

But suddenly, there’s a light in my heart

I think I’m fooling myself, just like all the other times

But this one slowly gets stronger as time progresses

Slowly the fog around me doesn’t make me feel small

It’s because the steady light in my chest reassures me

Once I tried to push the light away, before I hurt myself

But after a while the light came back, stronger than before

And I didn’t want to push it away anymore, I really didn’t

I had found happiness in fiction and dreams

But this light provided something I have never known

This light has made me truly happy

Truly happy than any light has ever made me

So when I trip again on a rock

I think of my special light

And I feel a little better

And it helps me up again

I know my light won’t last forever

Because nothing ever does

But I will always try and cherish it

And I thank my light for it

Comments

Additional Resources

Get AI Feedback on your poem

Interested in feedback on your poem? Try our AI Feedback tool.
 

 

If You Need Support

If you ever need help or support, we trust CrisisTextline.org for people dealing with depression. Text HOME to 741741