You came upon me like a blanket suddenly
thrust upon a flame
to smother me
to choke me
to quench me
I ran with you clinging to me
Covering me
Shrouding my path in darkness
burning me out
A caricature of a ghost
I failed to shrug you from my shoulders
I had to learn to see again
From the shadows you cast
The colours, the light, the road ahead
I had to accept you.
CUPID OR CATS 
Amazing, how you described that, Janey! I love that line: “I had to learn to see again” What other are cloaks for if not to take something from them. There is always something in for us we benefit of in the end. Something we would have never gained without it.
That’s very true Erika. Thank you so much for reading, as always, and your positivity!
Your posts are always a pleasur to read and contain a lot of things we all can relate to! It is the first poem I read from you and it is wonderful! 😊
Thank you! It’s always hard to put yourself out there but with such a supportive community, it’s become a lot easier 🙂
It simply happens, right? 😃
Exactly 😀
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Well done, Janey! It’s been a while since you’ve posted poetry, and I think that you are a wonderful poetess. Yup. I had to look up that word to see if it was real. It’s quite enigmatic, but sense redemption in your words.
Poetess… I love that word! I am my own worst critic and felt embarrassed posting this up, but it had been in my drafts for a while so I just got rid of it, in a sense.
There definitely is something positive in it all. It certainly helped to write it anyway! Thanks for commenting!
I’m glad that you decided to publish it, Janey. 🙂
Beautiful Janey….
Thank you so much!
#LovedIt!
Thank you 🙂
Your Welcome!
wow…I feel like that totally relates to me and my chronic migraines. It’s dark and chilling, yet somehow manages to be positive… like, wow! 😀 I have accepted the fact that I could be sick for the rest of my life, and that I could get worse again. While some people in my life think that’s a negative way of thinking, or that it means I’ve given up, to me, it just means I can learn to live a happy life, despite everything that goes wrong, or even when things are going well, I can appreciate that too, how ever long it lasts. But anyways, 😀 thanks for showing us, I love it! x
I totally agree with you. I think it’s when we accept what we cannot change, and adapt, that we become stronger. I know how debilitating and crippling migraines can be. I can’t imagine having to deal with them on a continual basis but when we are faced with these challenges, we just have to learn.
I never ask ‘why me’ about my depression because there is no point. I know that I have it, that I have to live with it and that I can. That’s what matters.
As usual, great comment!
This is wonderful!