Once I was in a sea of sorrow.
For me, I thought there would be no tomorrow

Drowning, I was caught in a huge wave.
Your kindness was there to save.

No longer did I think of suicide.
With the life raft you gave me, on life’s waters I glide.

I am now free,
To hope, to dream, just to be.

A future I look forward to since I have been freed,
And you are the ones that planted the seed.

I now have the promise of what life may hold
And look forward to, even when the voices in my head scold.

The delusion was in control,
But the freedom I feel now goes down to my soul.

I have all this and more because you cared
How a fellow human being you didn’t even know fared.

I have reached life’s watery bank,
And I have all of you to thank.

But saying thank you does not address
How to express—

Putting me back on the right track,
The gift of giving me my life back.

I owe a debt I can never repay,
Not now or any other day.

Because of you, I am on the mend.
I can only try and repay you by being your friend.