SHATTERED HEART

SHE CAME QUIETLY INTO

MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.

SHE WAS QUIET NOT OUTGOING

HER HEART WAS ON THE MENDS.

ALMOST AT THE START SHE

ASKED WHAT DO YOU NEED.

SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD TO DO

SOMETHING FOR HER TO

SUCCEED.

SHE TOLD ME HER STORY HOW

SHE WAS ALL ALONE.

SHE HAD NO FAMILY WHO

CARED SHE HAD NO HOME.

AS I KNEW HER MORE DAY BY

DAY THE ANGER INSIDE HER

TOOK OVER HER WAYS. SHE

WAS NO LONGER ASKING

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT

YOU NEED HER HEART WAS

FULL OF ANGER SHE HAD NO

MORE GOOD DEED'S.

SHE TOLD ME SHE FELT AT

TIMES THAT HER LIFE WOULD

HAVE COME TO AN END.

IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER ART

TO FILL HER LIFE WITHIN.

SHE SAID THERE WERE SO

MANY WHO WERE HARMING

HER IN SOME WAY. SHE HAS SO

MANY HURTS INSIDE AND

COULDN'T PUSH THEM AWAY.

 

I REACHED OUT MY HAND TO

HER SHE WAS SO DEPRESSED

AND ALONE.

I TRIED MY BEST TO LISTEN

TO THIS LIFE SO FORLORN.

SHE HAD DIFFERENT FACES

ON ANY GIVEN DAY. SO

MANY TIMES I HAD TO STOP

TAKE A BREATH AND PRAY.

 

SHE WOULD AT TIMES BE

ANGRY AT HER DOCTOR

THEN BE MAD AT ME. HER

FAMILY COULDN'T CONSOLE

HER THERE WAS NO ANSWERS

FOR HER YOU SEE.

 I PRAY THAT ONE

DAY SOON HER HEART WILL

BE AT REST.  THAT SHE WILL

HAVE EVERYTHING AND NOT BE

DEPRESSED.

WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE

POWER OVER MIND WE PUT

OUR FRIENDSHIP OUT THERE

BUT THEY HAVE TO GRAB

THE LINE.

THERE  IS A TIME WE  MUST

STEP  BACK AND LET

THEM STAND ALONE.  WHEN

THEY BECOME ABUSIVE THEIR

OWN LIFE THEY MUST OWN.

*~~~SIDE NOTE ~~~*

TO THE MANY WHO SUFFER FROM

DEPRESSION

OR ANY OTHER FORM OF ILLNESS

MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU  ALL WE CAN DO

IS GIVE YOU ARE HAND WE CANT  MAKE YOU TAKE IT.

AND PLEASE  TRY NOT TO TREAT US DIFFERENT

BECAUSE  YOU THINK WE SHOULD TREAT YOU IN A

CERTAIN WAY OR YOU THINK WE SHOULD ACT IN A

CERTAIN WAY, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO BE

YOUR FRIEND OR PUT OUT A HAND TOO YOU

THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO

  PLEASE DON'T BLAME US BECAUSE WE

CANT UNDERSTAND TOTALLY

ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY.

AUTHOR

HEATHER

JANUARY 2007

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AN EXPERIENCE I SHARED

WITH SOMEONE WITH DEPRESSION