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Hi again, dear reader. The title of today's poem is ;. Yes, you read that correctly. It is a semi-colon. The Semi-Colon Project is a worldwide group of people who's stories have not ended. It is a mental health organization whose members quite often will sport a semi-colon tattoo. I have a tattoo on my wrist. And now I have a poem. My story will not end.  Please enjoy.

Rod Kok

October 17, 2016

A maelstrom of emotions

took over

my already fragile mind.

What was expected  

to comfort

turned into a message

of despair.

As I dangled over

the precipice of damnation,

my handhold slipped;

I felt myself falling.

Yet, a new foothold was found.

A conscious effort

to ignore the hurt

caused me to land softly

on a bed of determination.

Although I may be weak,

this devil driven fear

will not cause my ruin.

I will continue to fight;

my story

will not end.