Depression

I am not afraid 
of this storm inside me

anymore, 

the slow brew 

of emotion that

rumbles on 

the horizon like

approaching thunder,

and the trigger,

a sharp crack

of lightning that 

very often sent me 

into free-fall;

not anymore,

for it is a 

part of me,

one that I cannot change,

and I will lasso

the tempest 

and ride it safely 

to the other side.