World Mental Health Day

Invincible

 

Building up an outer shell

No one can break through

Becoming a person

That doesn’t let a soul in

Believing that you are alone

The master of your fate

The captain of your soul

You can cope with what life

Throws at you

Until that one day

When a chink appears

When you can no longer stand

And the defences break down

Life is shattered

And we have to dig deep

To find that hope once more

We are not invincible

We are only human

Survival

 

Some days I can barely function

The need to hide underneath the duvet

Is stronger than anything else

I feel like crying all the time

Over something, but often nothing

Expectations are low

Self-doubt at an all-time high

I am not good enough

I wonder how I will get through

To find the other side

But I do

I write, the emotion splashing across the page

I read, lose myself in another  world

I walk, feel the air on my face

My friends, family

Their unfailing love

Building me back up, slowly

I will see another day

I can survive

This won’t define me. 

#WorldMentalHealthDay