I try to be strong,
but sometimes
my emotions come
pouring down my cheek.
Like Black Friday,
that dark day,
that settled in like
an eclipse on my soul.
And it lingered there,
while I stayed in bed
for days on end
barely able to survive.
Yet somehow I did,
I kept breathing,
even though everything in me
wanted to end it all.
A month later,
my heart still hurts
with no solace in sight
except you by my side.
And you make me strong,
you carry me through the pain
and promise to bear it
with me forevermore.