Nom de guerre

What has become a compulsion
For men
Is still for you
An opportunity
A step up
A chance
To prove that you, too,
Count

Your melancholia

Reassures me
That the places within me
That the world makes me
Doubt the existence of
Do really exist

You take me inside
My own soul
And tell me i am not insane

Circle of grief

Teaching yourself to deal with things
Learning to gain control of feelings
Step by step conquering of pain
Dealing with nightmares, trauma

Succeeding

And finding yourself unable
To feel
The new pain that presents itself after