Different shades 

As my voice trembles

I talk with strangers

The great, the good and me

To tell my tale

To realise

Our common bond

A pain we share

Just different shades of shit.

I feel your strength

And see your grief

Cannot quite believe

Through all these years

Of shattered heart

And fragile mind

Twisted confused lines

And all this time

Of sleepless nights

I haven’t been alone.