In the Boat that I Rowed..

They say that it comes,
And they say that it goes,
This feeling of dark despair;
It comes as it goes.

It bled me clean,
And it stripped my soul.
But still I suffered,
Because they said it'll go.

They said I'll be OK,
But then what did they know
How past over the horizon,
I had sailed in my boat.

Because for me it came
And then took a little too long to go.
And before I could reason,
it flew me in its flow.

But like they never tell you,
And something I'd always known,
Putting the pieces together
Does not make a whole.

Convinced by my conviction
And propelled by the flow,
I attacked my oars with vigour
To reach my sun of hope.

Way past the horizon
I chased the sun to dusk,
And having lost it to the sea
The last of my hopes felt dunked.

But like they said to me
Before I left the shore,
Happiness did come knocking
But I failed to get the door.

Enlightened by the darkness
And blinded for want of light,
I took my plunge in earnest,
And so I took my flight.

But the sun did come up
Just as they said it would,
And then it went on shining
Through the times for those who stood.