poem

                                    AFRAID



      I am afraid of the darkness that longs deep inside me.

      The kind thats struggling to get out.

      I find myself trapped.

      I struggle so much to understand why it's there.

      The loneliness, the fear of not measuring up.

      As the darkness continues to grow the more afraid I find myself.

      I try hard each day to continue to live a normal life.

      When it seems like I can't go on, and I'm tired of struggling.

      I close my eyes and fall asleep.

      I dream of the peaceful, happiness I have never had.

      Somehow when I wake it all seems a little easier to handle.