The sky grew dark,
clouds choked out the sun-
trapped in a prison,
nowhere to hide or to run.
Your heart feels heavy,
heavy with sorrow and pain-
how did you come to be here,
how do you again and again?

How the world crushes down,
and hope seems smashed to dust,
all you can manage is a frown,
but go on, since you must.
Death rises from the depths,
an option that promises release,
some take it without second thought
they buy a fate that can not be un-bought.

Finally, a lull in the storm
all those freezing now bask and are warm
Some did not make it all through the night,
some felt they could not make it
that they would not survive to see the light.
They thought sadness would kill them,
but it was by their own hands they perished,
loved ones loved by many,
loved ones that we cherished.

-Laurel Forrest