Crosstown
I fell in a hole inside myself*
But I’m looking for the way out.
Here I stand next to you,
Why can’t you hear me shout?
“Hug me! Help me! Like me!”
“Why am I still here?!”
[After all this gnawing time,
Shouldn’t things be more clear?]
Trauma is an overwhelming negative event*
Frozen up in your deep insides*—
Tears are the trauma as it melts,*
Getting better in slips and slides.
I found myself outside my hole
I’m sorry for all the fuss,
But, thanks for just being there
And getting me back on Life’s Crosstown Bus.
* Lines paraphrased from On living with depression and suicidal feelings | Sami Moukaddem | TEDxLAU
Posted on May 14, 2015, in Poem and tagged bus, depression, friends, friendship, healing, help, hope, Sami Moukaddem, suicidal feelings, suicidal thoughts, tears, TedX Talks, Time, trauma. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.