More amazing poets

Continuing on with a recent theme of sharing poetry formed in the crucible of heartbreak, soul ache and depression I would like to post another poem this time from the collection of Sabrian Benaim, a Canadian writer, performance and teaching artist based in Toronto.  This writer`s work  came to me via the recommendation of another blogger,  I recall it was Mirrorgirl (though I pick up so much from WordPress and other sources at time its hard to keep track).

Her collection of poetry Depression & Other Magic Tricks is well worth reading and will resonate with you deeply if you have or do suffer from depression.  This is the last poem in the collection :

follow-up  a prayer / a spell

i am feeling better

so I say / good morning / & mean it

yes / today is a good morning

to exhale / and feel joy

with the release of breath

i no longer need to be holding

i am not alone

Because I feel alone

I am not alone because i feel alone

I an not alone because i feel alone / with company

when I look in the mirror i will find a reflection

of the gifts i am withholding from myself

light hits / everything at a different angle

i make a habit of tilting / my head

when the sadness waterfalls

i will let the salt cleanse the wounds I cannot see

i will let dance parties be the hospitals i heal in

if in need more help i will let the people offering help me

if i need more help i will let the medication help me

i forgive my body for being a machine after all

i forgive my memory for being the cupboard door

that will continue to pop ajar

no many how many times i push it shut

i forgive myself even if i am the last person i want to forgive

whatever i have come from / wherever I am going

i will remember the present as the place to start

today is a good day/ to wake up / & be great

& have gratitude / for the relentless

pump of this heart / the way it does not know how

to hold back

i exhale / & i begin

🙂