Lost Within

False happiness invades my brain
An enemy's invasion
Disguising who I've always been
A chemical persuasion

Unwillingly, I try to fight,
but still I lose control
An awkward sense of happiness
An unfamiliar role

A loss of self restrains my thoughts
The numbness fills my essence
Unknowingly I seek to find
my own familiar presence

The chaos flows and rages on
inside a hectic shell
My sanity is lost once more
Imprisoned in this hell

From sadness came depression
Depression led to pain
Pain then led me to a point
I felt I'd go insane.

From pain then came an answer
The answer led to help
Help has led me back to feeling
lost within myself.

--Daryl Molen


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