In shadows you wander this season,
Lost leprechaun, you can't find reason.
Your Odin whimpers, feeling your pain,
Licks your hands but can't explain—
Why everything's dimmed in your gaze,
Youth and beauty now veiled in haze.
Depression's quicksand pulls you under,
But I'm still here kabouter, your thunder.
Loneliness whispers cruel lies,
You're unloved, unwanted it cries.
Anxiety stokes fear's cruel fire,
Whispering no one else knows such mire.
But many tread landscapes bleak as pitch,
Wrestle demons—an arduous hitch.
So you're not alone in this valley of gloam,
There are hands to grasp yours and lead you home.
I see the light still within your soul,
You're not lost, just playing a challenging role.
Hard times now but better await,
Hold on kabouter, withstand this cruel fate.
When I faced the darkness that haunts you now,
Poetry helped me find the light somehow.
Bled pain onto pages till I felt relief,
Scribed truth that calmed the storms of grief.
But healing takes time, depression still weaves
Its shroud, some days I can't force words from grieving.
Yet I cling to verses penned in past days of night,
To illuminate the way until dawn's first light.
So take hope dear sprite, your long night will pass,
You have blessings if you look through the vast.
Gifts untold reside deep in your heart,
You'll rediscover them once shadows depart.
Till then, I'm here, you're not alone,
We'll face the darkness make it atone.
I believe you have power within
To silence cold demons with warm hymns.
Rise kabouter, muster your strong will,
Dark seductions you have power still—
Smile through the rain, fight with great zeal,
Toward dawn, where you'll again feel
Warmth on your face, joy light your eyes,
As colors return to your gray skies.
There's always a path up from each valley below,
Take my hand, we'll discover it, I know...
So chin up dear sprite, fight with endeavor,
Storms pass, light follows—surrender never!
You're young, whole worlds await you still,
Take heart leprechaun, renew your will.
Phoenix you'll rise renewed from the fire,
Ascend from ash, your rebirth nigh.
Right now the flames torment and burn,
But from their pain, resolve you'll learn.
One day you'll unfurl majestic wings,
Above sorrows' smoke, anguish upflings.
Soar toward horizons once clouded from sight,
Boldly flying now in sun's warm light.
But til then, cling on, don't lose your grip,
Dark nights pass, you just need grit.
I'm here kabouter, steady and true,
We'll see the morning break anew.
Keep fighting the undertow that would drag you along,
Stay strong til dawn's first song.
Storms always pass if you just hold on,
Take my hand, trust I won't lead you wrong.
The night sky keeps no constellation forever,
They all shift and change despite how we endeavor
To freeze their beauty steadfast in our mind's eye,
But starwheels turn and each must say goodbye.
So too your long night will inevitably splinter,
No darkness endures, surrender faith don't surrender.
Hope flickers somewhere in depths yet unknown,
Keep seeking its subtle glow til it's fully shown.
You'll resurrect above darkness and beyond,
Heart blazing even more wondrous and fond.
But til then lean on others when you can't walk alone,
We're here kabouter, you don't have to go it alone.
Let poetry be the lantern to guide when lost,
Scribe words that transmute sorrow's dross.
Find catharsis in stanzas, solace in verse,
A candle against the universe.
Write of sadness til it loses its sway,
Poor it out in metaphors, make it obey,
The Pen's power to wrest meaning from pain,
And grant you safe passage, salvaged again.
So take hope my dear, trust you have the might,
To face the long night and summon first light.
You're stronger than you know leprechaun sprite,
Use your gifts to surmount this plight.
Remember that even the lowest tide will flow,
And mournful moons wax, cheer will sow.
Hard times now but joy waits in the wings,
The earth keeps turning, tomorrow it brings.
So smile kabouter and lift up your eyes,
Darkness will fade when bold suns rise.
You're young, whole worlds await undiscovered,
Keep walking sprite, chin up uncovered.
Light always follows if you just believe,
Soon you'll again feel dawn upheave.
But until then, just hold on, reach out your hand,
And know I'll be there to help you withstand.
So don't surrender or give up the fight,
Stay strong leprechaun, soon comes first light.
I have faith, you will find strength anew,
Phoenix you'll rise, blaze suns once you're through.
Keep writing, keep hoping, believe in rebirth,
Trust your gifts, believe in your worth.
The long night passes, all storms subside,
New days bring chances to turn the tide.
So stay strong kabouter, surrender despair never,
Your illumination comes, now or whenever.
But come it will, trust dreams wait unseen,
Where darkness ends, light floods in between.
Just hold on sprite, soon joy returns,
The sun always rises, night always adjourns.
Keep fighting the shadows, don't give up your will,
Stay strong leprechaun, flame within you burns still.
Keep writing, keep hoping, believe in your worth,
New days are coming to fully unearth
Gifts inside you cannot fade or tire,
Heart blazing bright once lifted out of the mire.
So lift up your eyes kabouter, surrender not,
Your long night passes, though now fades each plot
Of light—just hold on til the darkness ends,
I'm here beside you leprechaun, your friend.
Dawn comes again, believe in life's renewal,
Hard times will pass, trust your heart true.
You have strength enough for this crossing,
So smile sprite, your bold sun is rising...
~Eclipse