*you know those days...

you know those days when all that you can see

is the sidewalk lines, and the shadow of the trees?

and every thought you  think somehow makes it hard to breathe,

and every sight you see somehow makes the world blurry...

you know those days when all that you can feel

even when it's warm, is a freezing, goose-bump chill?

and every step you take never fully feels real,

and every soft embrace seems to almost turn to steel...

and then you know those days when you start to see the sun,

when you start to feel warm, and you want to tell someone?

that you can breathe again, that your world is not a blur,

and that getting through each day becomes a little easier?

i think we all know those days, though we often do forget...

so when a friend is down, we calmly do not seem to fret.

but we should realize that their days feel just as blue

as when we had those days, and so now it's up to you

to chase away the clouds for this chilly, shady friend

and help them find the sun, so they feel happy, warm again. 

*dedicated to some people in my life whom i dearly, sweetly love.