Demons

The next two months we will see the suicide rate climb faster than any other during the year, the holidays are the most loneliest for those who are depressed as it is. If you have elderly or sick neighbors please take five minutes and check on them look at them and smile for a smile may not save the world but it would go a long way in saving theirs.

Please call the number below if you or someone you know wants to harm themselves or somebody else. 

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

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800-273-8255

Demons

These demons I fight I know are for real

from the scars on my heart to the pain that 

won’t heal I lay in my bed but at night I am 

awake for the dark ones have taken all of 

my dreams to forsake, my fate has been 

sealed and with God's help I tried but I feel 

as if my world is now over as It fell to 

their side I fought with the courage of His 

only son but at the end of the battle I was 

still only one my life has been nothing 

but one day in hell because it meant nothing 

the faster I fell I fought back for my 

freedom and for the last 

of my sons

The battle for my son I won easy my addiction 

well the war is still on for

those friends that 

I have taken with me into heart you have 

shown me that humanity deserves a new start

please don't worry for me for I will never 

really be gone all the poems that I write 

for you well they carry on

I hope when you 

read them and that tear starts to call

It's okay to remember me so please let them 

all fall for people like me that are hurting 

from inside we were born into a darkness 

without the light side we hide our deep 

sadness from those that we love and could 

never be treated by any doctors glove

All the smiles that we share and laughs we 

hand out that only mask our loneliness as we 

look for a way out we still love our left 

children and blame is theirs not but we tried 

all the choices and believe me we fought

so if the darkness does not find you don't be 

quick to cast out be thankful my friend 

that it missed you no doubt

Robin Williams fought demons and fought a good fight but he lost 

his long battle to the dark for him there was no 

light but I want to say thank you to Robin for all the great laughs

you have been the light in our battle as we 

walk down the same path

I personally will 

mourn you as my demons may win

but as the gates of heaven open 

I will scream nano nano as I walk on in.

Poet Richard M Knittle Jr.

A Poet's Journey