Erin Michelle Smith

Personal life story including childhood trauma, DiD, recovery and everything in between.

In a Well of Depression

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Content warning: suicide, depression, self-harm As I lay my comfortable numb body upon the ground My tired heart sickened from the sadness that is all around I start to dream of things that just wasn't meant to be Forgetting about my wrist and the blood that was running free I was falling, falling in to the cold darkness of a well Seeing images of me walking down my life's untouched trail I came upon a cliff so very high Oh, if I had only known how to fly Somebody please show me a way For my [...]

Silent Tears

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Content warning: suicide, depression, self-destruction For the tough guy      who no one shall tie      doing everything for the glory      causing all sorts of treachery Comes a silent tear One that is so dear For the tough guy      who gets so high      going out every night      just looking for a fight Comes a silent tear Quickly washed away with another beer For the tough guy      who makes the girls sigh      getting laid all the time      though it wasn't quite right in his mind Comes [...]

One More Day

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Upon the end of night's darkest hours A sleepy sun boldly climbed above eastern mountain towers To softly touch those angry angels of white floating overhead With fiery fingers painted different shades of red And while I silently slept ever so softly My mind drifted drowsily, fastly fading in and out of a rude reality When suddenly, upon the weary wings of a cold morning breeze Came the sweet sounds of a mournful melody that pierced the serene silence with wondrous ease Through heavy haze my [...]