in depth look at poem: while going through and organizing my poetry I came upon this poem that I wrote for her that was not on my page.. so I'm putting it here now.


now you've come

within the caverns of my mind
there is a place where a beast lives
he is called depression.
and when he feels like it,
he makes me feel so inferior and weak.
he takes my strength and binds me
and I'm unable to do anything....

but now you've come....
but now you've come....
and you've sealed off the cave,
kept this monster from inhabiting me....

within the halls of my soul
there is a tiny steel cell.
where I'm chained.
and every time I struggle to free myself
the chains tighten and make it even
harder for me to move.
I'm like a caged bird....

but now you've come....
but now you've come....
and you've broken the chains,
set me free from this heartache....

-Jon Johnston


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