Used To Be Feeling Very Very Bad Poem by Riitta Gyllenbogel

Used to be feeling
very very bad
almost all the time
so very very sad
then at just the right time
for me
a book
fell into my hands
and I started to read

this here book,
it taught me to see
that actually
life
is good
and I can live it
happily

ever since then
haven't been back
for more than the
briefest visit
in this land of darkness
I used to haunt
almost all the time
in the past

I'll tell you the name of the book
so if you like
you can read it yourself
and see what you think

but no matter how much
I might want
to say
this will solve your troubles
I cannot guarantee
the same words will help you see
the light
as have helped me
for only you
can walk your path

the book I read
this is its name:
are you happy now?
-10 ways to live a happy life

it was written by
barbara berger
I had never heard about her
till I found this book
at just the right time for me

perhaps
just perhaps
it'll help you too
and you'll find your way
out of darkness
some day

until then,
my thoughts are with you
even if thinking
is all I can do
each thought is filled with love