The sun shone through the crystal in the window,
Sending endless rainbows through-out the room.
Her face lit up momentarily, she was still down though.
Despite the spring sunshine, she felt overwhelmed by gloom.
Her chest ached with pain, the emotional sort of pain,
But the feeling was so intense it felt like physical pain as well!
She didn’t know what to do when the thoughts flooded her brain.
She kept it to herself, isolated and alone, feeling she had no-one to tell.
Day after day, in the same slump, she lived without hardly a word.
Those who knew her best couldn’t possibly understand, right?
She worried that if she told someone, they’d laugh and think she’s absurd!
She wondered about leaving this world, just a short walk into the light.
She figured she wouldn’t be missed and it would stop all the worries.
She was scared inside, yet she thought maybe she’d actually feel relieved.
She wondered if her family knew, when around them she always hurries,
To get away from their concerned eyes, they’d surely stop her, she believed,
To ask if she was okay, or what was wrong, telling her she can tell them anything.
“Not this” she thought to herself, no-one would understand…
She didn’t even understand why herself, yet her life was hanging by a string!
She looked down at her wrists, wondering how much pressure it’d demand…
Her mom came in her room, she sat and scratched her baby-girls back.
She looked up once, filled with confusion, into her mother’s eyes,
She wondered, should I tell her or keep it inside, as my own burden to bear?
But she saw herself there, in her mother’s eyes and she hugs her mom and cries.
Her mom holds her tight and almost begs her to open up and share.
She finally starts talking and they talk and cry all night!
Everything has a solution, you just have to figure it out.
Working together, they decide that she needs to fight!
They find someone for her to talk to, and they leave no room for doubt.
So if you’re ever feeling hopeless and think that no-one’s there,
Take a look around you, from your family to your friends.
Those who love you will support you and they truly do care
Just talk talk talk to someone, this isn’t when your life ends!
JKC
To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”
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