Keep Breathing... You Are Not Alone

The Yesteryear's of your past may seem difficult and hard,

I am talking about the days that have left you beaten, broken and scarred.

Through the good and the bad keep your chin up and keep moving on,

continue breathing, laughing and crying until all your pain is gone.

When you are alone and feel like all is lost,

keep breathing, laughing and crying at any cost.

Sometimes, all the time, this world feels worth leaving, 

I promise you that the journey is worth it in the end,,, you just need to keep on breathing.

This poem is written for the ones who face daily the depression monster all alone, 

this is for all the ones who feel like all hope is gone,

the ones who constantly feel the pain and sadness cutting them to the bone... 

keep breathing, laughing and crying my friend... you are not alone.

If you or someone you know goes through depression almost every day,

please research the things to and not to say,

for the wrong words spoken can turn the situation a darker shade of grey.

Depression is an illness suffered in silence, 

suffered mostly in everyone`s absence.

They are warning signs but they can be hidden well, 

it feels almost impossible to escape your own minds self made hell.

To anyone out there contemplating suicide or thinking about dying, 

I beg you to keep on breathing, laughing and crying.

Get involved and let this disease be known, 

and whatever you do... keep breathing, 

laughing, crying and moving on, 

because this world is better with you in it... than gone.

written by Michael Parker