Long way down

Depression for me is all I know, forever down, forever low
Life is like a bobsleigh ride, get in the rut and down you slide
Faster and faster, the sleigh does fly, 
Always looking forward, To the day you die
Rushing down that maddening slope, all you want,  Is a glimmer of hope
Faster, faster and faster still, down you plummet,  The maddening hill
The speed you travel, it doesn't slow, you keep on going, Down you go
A time will come, you can go no more, but by then, You've hit the floor
At rock bottom and in the mire, it feels like, Your in hades fire
You try to climb, your spirit raise, but it's hard, with depressing days
You climb an inch and then a foot, slip back down, in the depressing rut
Keep on climbing, it may turn out right, it won't just happen, not over night
A little help, is all it would take, don't give up and don't forsake
If you do, your spirit will break, don't give up, for pity's sake
The struggle goes on, it will never end, but look around you, 
You've  got friends
Take a hand, take a lift, don't waste your life, it is a gift.

Gary Baldwin
  11-08-09