You, Best Friend

Helping yourself is one of the greatest feats of life. It is empowering to know that you can save yourself.

Who's there in the middle of the night
Wiping away those tears from your cheeks
Who's there when you're shaking sniffling
Laying in bed facing your worst enemy
You

You are more powerful than you think
And you're the world's best company
For yourself that's all you need
Even if you can only last a night
A night is all you may need

You may think you're weak and powerless
That your thoughts overwhelm you
And that you're not enough
That you can't get a grip
So you sit in anguish and look on

But you are your own comforter
You're your own solstice
Your own best friend

Author's Note

Comments are welcome! :)

Reviews

[brian]

I like it. Creates a relaxing/"falling-into-sleep" atmosphere..where my worries drift away. This resonates very well with me as I have experienced this, and have gotten hurt and down from the outside world..and I sat awake at night. I gave them control. Our peace comes from within, as you speak in your poem. Your poem calms, while still re-calling some of those painful memories...and as I read on, those memories slowly fade as we stumble upon our inner-peace. I like it!
A suggestion: The 2nd to last line: 'You're your own solstice'.. Did you mean 'solace'(which means: 'comfort in sorrow'), and not 'solstice'...as solstice refers to the sun.

Great job! (=

[UnapologeticPoet]

Thank you! Its a very common feeling once you've been burned by some situation in life. I am very happy that you can pull the feelings from this and connect to it! That's all I am wanting to do by posting my work on here is to make it relatable and also express some of the hardships and happy moments I have had over my life.

You have a good eye! I actually meant it as in a sunset. More so like you are your own beautiful thing in this mess of issues and storms. I can see why you would question that though because without prior knowledge of what I was trying to portray, you would think it was a mistake.

Thanks for your review! Means a lot!