Ups and Downs Revisted

November 2016

Ups and downs, twist and turns.

Don't get me started on the number of burns.

It's been rough, I'll admit,

But I won't let myself quit.

Friends have been lost and made.

But, overall, this year was an escapade. 

Stressful at times, and sometimes worse,

But ahead there is a blank verse.

This year is almost done,

I can almost say I've won. 

September 2017

I survived that year, but the next began,

My mind feels like a war in Iran.

The voices scream and shout;

I just want to get them out.

I don’t think I can go on,

Just waiting for the day that others will say I’m gone.

For now I’ll put on a smile,

And I’ll just wait awhile.

“Maybe I can escape”

That’s what I think as I look at the landscape.

But then I look inside my mind,

I don’t like what I find.

Everything inside me

Focuses on the underline.