Friends Poem by Melanie Walendowsky Baker

The darkness has gone
for now, so it seems.
I'm myself once again.
I can feel the sun's beams.

I can feel all the warmth
that comes from my friends.
I can be a whole person
- there's no need to pretend.

My dearest and bravest
who just never gave in,
my sweetest and kindest,
with you I re-begin.

And even though I'll have
darkness always looming,
I know you'll be there truly
when it becomes dooming.

You're the light that shone through,
you showed me I'm me.
You showed that you care,
and now look! - I am free!

(Itajai - 05 October,2009)