Dorothy Leads the Show

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Dorothy Leads the Show
Based on "Come and Join the Show, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q37pqbKFx5E

Dark thoughts cling like ink

As the black dog tries to claim

It will take me to the brink

Saying I am the one to blame

I’m sinking, sinking, sinking

My thoughts dive into the dark,

But the dark will no longer rule me

The light soon will spark

I won't sink into the abyss below

Though of my faults I’m well aware

You will see it, it will be such a show

I won't mind if you stare

Depression lies to tangle in

Tries to get me lost to fear

It counts out each and every sin

But soon I’ll be in the clear.

I’m so much more than it can know

It says there’s nowhere left to go

But take a seat, Depression

Dorothy leads the show.

I was lost in the depths of dark

My world filled with fear and dread

But an angel was inside my heart

And she beat the demon in my head

I was sinking, sinking, sinking

My fears ruled my home

But each step since has me thinking

I’ll turn my fear to foam

Won’t sink into the abyss below

Depression’s tricks I’m well aware

My heart it soon will glow

I will soar into the air

No web of lies to struggle by

My path it is so clear

The future it will be mine

As Dorothy does appear

I’ll show all there is of me to know,

Upward is where I will go

Take a seat, Depression,

Dorothy leads the show.

Depression lied, I was not on my own

It made me moan but I found my home

The path before me God’s always known

One day I’ll be before his throne

Go forward wont backtrack

Depression I will attack

It won't make a comeback

It tries to attack, but it cannot hack

My heart is no longer black

No cage for me my soul has flown

I will cling unto the Stone

Soon Depression will depart

Won’t wallow in the dark

It tried to fill me with disgust

So I’d see myself as unjust

But soon my heart will glow

Be a dove and not a crow

Won't sink into the abyss below

Depression’s tricks I’m well aware

My heart it soon will glow

And fly into the air

No web of lies to struggle by

My path ahead is clear

The end of depression is nigh

As Dorothy does appear

I’m so much more than it can know

Upward is where I will go

So take a seat, Depression

Cause Dorothy leads the show

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Emma Anne Tate's picture

Dot, you're amazing. You are so increadibly honest, it takes my breath away. Normally, I express my feelings through (some of) my characters, giving me what we used to call "plausible deniability." Oh, I don't get depressed! I just wrote about someone who is depressed! I don't think I'm a freak! Of course not! Just because I have character like that in a story doesn't mean . . . . Well, you get the picture.

But you are willing to own the dark side that so many here face, put your name on it . . . and fight it publicly.

For all you do, and all you are, thank you.

Emma