THE BLACK DOG

Depression is something many of us suffer at times,I have,Julie has,and at the moment some others,very close to us are too,on both sides of the world
Most of the time you don't know why the hell you feel the way you do,you just do--and the usual help from friends and relatives goes something along these lines,"You'll be O k"--or you might get "just pull yourself together"--a classic "what have you got to be depressed about?"-------fact is you don't know,you can't help it and you sure as hell would if you could.
I did get over mine pretty quick,after taking pills that had me walking around like a zombie for a couple of weeks,I did manage to summon the strength to manage myself,and get myself into a position where I was able to help myself.
In Australia we have The Black Dog Institute (do a google search any of you that feel they can help you) a society that are a great help to anyone suffering depression and other such ailments--------------

THE BLACK DOG.

THEY CREPT INTO MY MIND
LIKE I JUST WASN'T THERE.
NO INVITE,OR PERMIT I GIVE,
BUT THEY CLOSED ALL THE BLINDS
AND DARKENED THE WALLS,
THEY INVADED,MY WORLD WHERE I LIVE.

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
THESE DOGS THAT HAUNT ME
THAT HOWL,--IN A SILENT DIN.
AS THEY SLAM ALL MY DOORS,
SCRATCH MY MIND WITH THEIR PAWS
AND SCRAMBLE MY FEELINGS WITHIN.

NOT A FLICKER OF SUN
IN MY LIFE THAT IS SPUN
AROUND DARKNESS,WITH NO LIGHT ABOVE
BUT IS COVERED BY SHROUDS
OF DARKENING CLOUDS
AND BLIND,TO ANOTHER ONES LOVE.

ANSWERS,JUST LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS,
CAN I FIND THE STRENGTH
AND THE NEED
TO REACH OUT, AND TO FIGHT,
CAN I SUMMON THE MIGHT,
RID MYSELF OF THE DOG,AND BE FREED?

IS THERE LIGHT
AT THE END OF MY TUNNEL?
OR GOLD,AT MY RAINBOWS END?
IS THERE PEACE TO BE FOUND
FROM THIS FESTERING HOUND?
CAN THE DOG,ONCE AGAIN BE MY FRIEND?

STAY WITH ME
LETS FIGHT THROUGH MY BATTLE
FOR TO LEAVE ME,WOULD JUST MAKE THINGS WORSE
PLEASE HELP,IF YOU CAN
UNCOVER THE MAN
IN THE GRIPS OF THE DOG,AND ITS CURSE.