Journey Poem by Cree Stewart

I'd lay in bed at night, and hear my sister fight
As she fought with my parents bout friends all night
I'd wish for a new beginning, for her to see some light
her heart was a dark tunnel, with no end in sight

Her soft brown eyes filled with anger and pain
we hardly got along but those memories have become faint
only one i can remember, when she came to my birthday late
she was so high, i dont think she could see strait

That night, i sat in my room and cried and cried
While hearing her say to mom, You know ive tried
that's when my feelings would start to hide
Most nights when i was alone, They'd wash over me like the ocean tide

There have been trips to the hospital many times
i used to cry, thinking she was soon gonna die
not for drugs, but for medication she never liked
i thought she was taking it, but it was just another lie

Although we hardly got along, she was my care kit
I remember when my cat bit my lip
i didnt get after him, but she would have brought out a whip
She never hurt the cat, but she sure helped fix my upper lip

As we grew older and the times had changed
She barely did, She was still always enraged
She would tell me she felt like she was caged
and one day break free, but she's still the same

I however, have seen her expierences in life
and seeing those made me not choose the Knife
I am stronger than when i was in my younger times
now, grown up, i feel like im walking on cloud nine