Walls of dark surround me

A sea of negativity

Responsibility and obligation cloud happiness

The world is filled with evil

Greed, hate, lust

Beaten down by reality I scream in silence

My smile is a lie

Fabricated to survive

Every time to plead for help I’m met with empty apologies

Only ever prescribed words, no treatment from friends or family

Consume pills to numb myself from the world

An empty bottle is my best friend

I survived another day.

Blind dates, missed connections

I’d given up on love or even friendship

Then I meet you

And my world changed

Genuine conversation and care

Positivity, a foreign concept, consumes me

I fall asleep smiling as we say our good nights

You are the warmth in an icy heart

The Yang to my world of Yin

You teach me to see beauty in the vast dark of the world

Help me claw myself out of the grave I’ve dug myself into

Ease the pain and hollowness

I vow myself to do the same for your

Always

To become your rock that weathers the storm

Your ray of light in an overcast sky

The person you can be vulnerable with

Everything you’ve been for me

If I die tomorrow

It will be a life well lived thanks to you

You saved me

Threw a Life preserver While I was drowning in my own self pity

You saw me, flaws and all and accepted me

Never tried to change me,

simply taught me how to be a better version of myself