Poem Title: Stronger, no Longer
Genre: Emotional
Written: 2008

Why can't I close my eyes?
Fly to the skies,
wanting to fall down.

Time has taken its toll,
but still-
my heart leaps to go on,
but I'm no longer stronger in the dark.

I feel the pain in myself-
feeling my darkest memories,
pulling me apart-
piece by piece.

I'm broken,
but I open my eyes.
I'm no longer able to go on,
my voice can't be heard.

I know what I want,
and I know what I need-
but sometimes I've fallen,
and I plead-

I'm stronger, no longer in the darkness,
wanting a reason to continue on-
for I need the hand of another,
to pull me back up.