Have You Ever? Poem by Noah Body

Have you ever needed to call out
To the world 'Help me please'?
Only to know that it's not
something you do with ease

Have you ever looked in the mirror
And seen a stranger staring back?
The face looks familiar
But your soul the eyes do lack

Have you ever longed to cry out
To the world 'Do you care? '
Ready to tell it all
Your soul to lay bare

Have you ever walked that line
Between sane and totally insane?
You stop and then you realize
No one cares just the same

Have you ever been to the edge,
just to stand there and stare?
Longing to take the plunge,
Too scared to chance the dare

Have you ever stood inside
A world so full of light?
yet inside you it's so dark
You think you've lost your sight.

Have you ever hated it all
And longed for it to end?
The only thing left to do
Is for you to decide when?

Have you ever walked that line
Between sane and totally insane?
You know it soon has to end
To stop this awful pain

Have you ever had that curtain
Pulled back to show the light.
Suddenly the shadow's in retreat
And the world's revealed, so bright

Have you ever stood there stunned
By all the life that you surrounds.
Filled with peace and joy,
Love of life in you abounds

Have you ever felt that pain
you've lived with all your life
take a leave of absence,
to cause you no more strife

Have you ever walked that line
Between sane and totally insane?
But now it's lost the power
to cause you so much pain

Have you ever watched the sun
As it peeks out of clouds so dark.
The halo that surrounds it
Ignites life's mighty spark

Have you ever felt such peace
that to your eyes it brings tears,
Filled with all the wonder
Of vanquishing your fears

Have you ever met an angel,
Sent by God when you're in need
To smash away the darkness,
Victory is guaranteed

Have you ever walked that line
Between sane and totally insane?
The angel strides before you,
lights the way towards the sane

Have you ever....
I have