What the water gave me...tales from the tank.

It is only in the darkness that we truly see and everything becomes clear...
and through pain the path to freedom revealed.
Abandon the past. Dream no more dear heart. Awaken now... and rise.
Your strength and hope rest in you alone.
Keep swimming against the tide,
and you will find your way home,
It's time to open your eyes. 

"I asked the water why its shores were so calming.
Why its current mimicked my heartbeat
and made me feel alive.
It said I am its heartbeat and it is mine.
It said we're all in this together...
and we'll all survive." - @Writingtoremember



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 Elysium

"Brother do you believe in an afterlife?
Our souls will both collide
In some great Elysium
Way up in the sky
Free from our shackles, our chains, our mouths, our brains
We'll open all the gates
We will walk careless, straight into the light
I've never felt so enlightened
Every page I turn
I only find myself
Feeling more alone
Posing questions to a silent universe
My very thoughts are cursed
They just seem to multiply
Forever in my mind
Brother don't grow up
Brother please never grow up
Just hold out against the night
And guard your hope with your life
For the darkness, she will come
Oh and you have nowhere left to run
Oh but your eyes are wider than mine, but they'll never see??
Just hope that age does not erase all that you've seen
Don't let bitterness become you
Your only hopes are within you
Just hold out against the night
And guard your hope with your life"

- Bears Den

You can't hold onto anything that you don't want to lose.
Except yourself, hold onto you. Never let go of that.

"Sometimes the feeling still bubbles up that my heart might just stop from all the pain that it's felt. I used to wonder what to do with that feeling, but it's ok to sit with the pain. The heart won't stop, it will work harder to get stronger. Happiness is always a possibility." - @writingtoremember