Into The Abyss Poem by Justin Reamer

People had always asked me questions
About the last ten years of my life,
And I had been very reticent,
about those years of endless strife.

However, they continued to ask me,
And soon my heart gave in;
I had to tell them anyhow,
For my conscience would always win.

I was fairly happy,
As a little child,
My family always loved me,
For I was quite wild.
But something was not right,
As I could foresee;
I just never knew
That I would lose a part of me.

I had two loving parents,
And my sisters and my brother,
I had a baby-sitter named Amy,
And a dog unlike any other.
I had many aunts and uncles,
On my mom's and dad's sides,
I had so many cousins
That I had to take long strides.

But then it soon happened,
When the trial began,
And those years would come,
In an ungrateful span.

Our family was together,
Whether nuclear or extended;
We were like brother-sister,
Which was clearly recommended.

Aunts were sisters,
Like Mum, Jean, Carole, Mary Jo, and Gail,
And the uncles were like brothers,
Like Brian, Bill, Mike, Rick, Gary, James, Dad, Jerry, and Chris,
And they never failed.

My cousins were like best friends,
Like David and James,
Chris, Matt, and Eric,
Jessie and Angie,
Katie and Michelle,
Sarah, Elyse, Lisa, and Laurel,
As if they were from the same school,
We had had so much fun,
That to me, it was quite cool.

But then the year 2000 came,
And something bad came around;
And soon when it hit,
My family became unbound.

Aunt Gail had died
In the line of service,
She had passed away
Because a man was nervous.

And when this came,
The glue was unbound,
And we were in a nasty mess;
We had tried everything
To get our family back together,
But it failed, I must confess.

Our family started to separate,
And they went int their own worlds,
Something bad was coming,
As i soon unfurled.

At this time, I was pushed
Due to my stupid bliss,
I was pushed inside
The never-ending Abyss.

I was falling ever deeper,
That would last quite a long time,
And it would keep on getting steeper
Until I fell into a scheme of rime.

Once Aunt Gail died,
My father was not quite happy,
In fact, he was so mean
That he actually became quite snappy.

My father started to beat on me,
With a hand that was quite unclean,
And he be on all my family,
Making him quite so mean.

He lost his temper constantly,
Not caring about the emotions of others;
My life began to take a pitfall
And I was lower than my other brothers.

Once I started school,
Life had been rough,
People began to pick on me,
Even the big and buff.

Mrs Coffin was a jerk,
She always sent me to the office,
And so life began to be rough,
Especially when I went home.

By the time 2002 came 'round,
Life took a turn for the worse.
My father had left us,
With each of our backs stabbed.

Then I began to get picked on,
And it was quite rough,
My feelings were hurt,
And it felt quite tough.

Life was quite lonely,
And years came and past,
And I began to wonder,
How long any fall would last.

By the time middle school came around,
Everyone had noticed my differences,
And my glitches and flaws;
They all began to judge me
Just like the crow always caws.

I fell deeper into the abyss,
Of never-ending strife,
I did not know that it would last
For ten years of my entire life.

Life was quite so lonely,
Especially with people being so unkind;
I could not help but lose my standing,
And began to unwind.

People would be calling me names
Like 'super-nerd' and 'geek; '
It was no wonder
That they considered me a freak.

By the time it was freshman year,
Depression took a turn for the worse,
There was, after all, no one there,
To help me reimburse.

And sophomore year came,
And the depression finally ended,
After a fatal life event;
But at least I was mended,
After the deep abyss.