Thankyou, Friend

I carried your words with me today

Literally, I carried them in my pocket

The card you sent found its way to my mailbox

and the words you wrote found their way to my heart

You said, Don't fear the Black Dog when he barks

He has no teeth

The Barking Black Dog has no teeth

And he can't take Even One Thing away from you

You wrote it, you sent it

I read it

and I felt the words hit home

Its true, I thought as tears welled up

The Black Dog really does have no teeth

Just a bark to make me run frightened

But now that your words have turned the light on

I will remember next time he chases me

He has no teeth

Thank you

for sending your words and your love

across the sea

You are a true friend

Though we have never met

One day we will

And when we do we will hug and we will laugh

The tears and words will flow like wine

I want to sit with you in my window seat

Or tell stories in your garden

There will be a photo of us together

And I will tell you in person,

Your words spoke life to me

I now wear them on my heart like a shield

And when the Black Dog barks

I remind myself that he is toothless

and he can't take Even One Little Thing

away from me

Thank you

for reminding me of truth today

my friend

♥

This poem is dedicated to my lovely Canadian friend Cat, who sent me a birthday card yesterday full of encouraging words which spoke life and brought truth to me. I love that although we have never met, we can truly be friends through this wonderful medium of Blogging... and we both hope that one day we will get to met face to face.

A Note About The Black Dog: This is my name for Clinical Depression which has chased and hounded me for the past ten years, something I sometimes write about here on my blog. I hope that through sharing and bringing understanding we can help get rid of the ugly stigma that hurts and alienates people who are suffering with some form of mental illness. For my posts about Depression go here

The following clip is dedicated to all my friends, both in BlogLand and in Real Life, who encourage me, challenge me and most of all, share the Journey. I am grateful for you all.
{Seriously, you should watch it - you might be in it}



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Written for Mama Kat's Pretty Much World Famous Writers Workshop, Writing Prompt #4.) Write a poem where the last two words are 'my friend' which inspired me to express my thanks to my friend via a poem. So while I'm at it I'm gonna link up to Shell's linky, since i really am pouring out my heart too. And since this post is also full of GRATITUDE I am also going to link to Maxabella's Grateful Linky. I am a linky hog today.