The Mad Poet’s Street Corner

I’m the Mad Poet

Driven mad by depression, anxiety, and loneliness

For 20+ years I’ve struggled and fought

I’ve had joy and pain

I’ve loved and lost

But through it all I’ve survived

Come on down to The Mad Poet’s Street corner

Where I shout and preach

I sling truth darkness and hope

I preach not damnation

But love and redemption

I preach hope that there’s a way out of the darkness

You live in

That there’s brighter days ahead

I say don’t give up lean on me

That even though it sucks and feels like there’s no way out

I promise you it will pass

All things do eventually

To everything there is a time and a season

You’ve just got to survive through it

As I love to say

It may pass like a kidney stone

But it’ll fucking pass

I preach that there’s a God who loves

And he’s here for you and so am I

I don’t care what you’ve done or what you’ve been through

You weren’t meant o live in darkness or crawl through life

You were meant to soar on eagle’s wings

You were meant to dance through the sunshine and the rain

You were made to survive and fight

Let me give you a stick and a torch

And with them you can work miracles

Because you are far stronger than you know

Or believe

I never thought in the depths of my despair and depression

That I’d live to see 34

That I’d find love and lose it

And be better for it

That I’d look back on it with fondness

But here I am

I encourage you never give up

Reach out and talk if not to me then someone else

Some trusted person who loves you

Some resource I post

 But even though we’ve never met

Know I want you to succeed and live

I want you to soar on the wings God intended.

Some resources the first link is to Suicide prevention hotlines world wide, then a favorite song of mine.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/suicide/suicide-prevention-hotlines-resources-worldwide?msockid=144a15386764690c0e1507b366416824

https://www.crisistextline.org

If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here.