Rainbows after Storms poem

While following the world, I lost my way

Just drifting through the days

Waiting for someone to understand the pain I was going through

I waited so long, lost in despair, trying to find a way out, people left and I didn’t know what to do

All my life, I was told to be strong and hold things together

But I didn’t realize that feelings were fragile like a feather

Beginning to fray at the seams and lost in broken hopes and dreams

Walking down the broken lanes, trying to pick up the pieces, numbing things down not reaching for therapy

Because people said “real men don’t cry”

So I watched the walls I built crumble around me

Until there was nothing left and then I began to see

Lost in time, trapped in thoughts, no way out and no one seemed to understand the negative thoughts’ shouts

Wrapped myself up, leaving things behind, just following the things in my mind

Burying myself deep, worried I’d never find myself again

Began to watch the sky for signs of life

Praying for an end to this strife

When all was lost and darkness surrounds

The world’s support groups reached out and kept me from falling into the ground.

Helping me heal and be better than I had been

And each day I grow, and love myself a little more

Your life isn’t a book, don’t end it

There’s more chapters than this dark bit

There’s rainbows after storms and the sun will come again

Let yourself cry and listen to your heart

And reach out whenever you feel like you’re falling apart

Because people care

And when you feel everyone seems to be leaving and no one’s left there

That’s when you hold on and reach out to the world

You were born to be a rainbow with your colors unfurled

A rainbow after the storm lighting up the sky

It’s never too late, so don’t give up, it’s never time for you to say goodbye

The world you knew will come back

And you’ll find your way through it all

So when choosing to rise or fall

Choose to rise because you were born to be a rainbow

Your tears making kaleidoscopes shimmering through the raindrops

A rainbow stretching across the sky, a rainbow of hope.