Binding Promise
Happy Valentine's Day!
Here's a heavy poem which I hope turns happy and hopeful at the end. Putting into words the weird ways in which I've pushed through depressive thoughts helps me to be better at recognizing and working through them in the future. Remember today especially that you are loved and have a place here.
When I go to publish something
I sign a different kind of contract
One with myself, dense with personal legalese
That I will remain to see it through
I won't leave, yet
I can't leave
After all, I'm waiting for the story to begin
And I need to see what happens
And the chains on my soul
That I've bound myself up in
Don't feel very heavy
When I hear someone say
"You helped me to stay too"