Breaking the Surface

Here is something I wrote a long time ago.

Something I have been starting to learn lately is that it's okay to not be okay. You don't have to be strong all the time. Sometimes, you need to reach up and grab hold of someone's helping hand to help you pull yourself from the depths. However, that requires you to be real, to be sincere. Being real is being willing to be yourself and own what you feel, to admit that you are scared or hurting, that you aren't perfect, that everyone -yourself included- needs help to survive.

So, here is me being real.

Breaking the Surface

Try to keep your head above
As waves come hard and fast.
They're crashing down, always
Attempting to bury you below.
Fight your way to the top,
Gasping out for breath.

Stay above the surface.
Don't let yourself go.
Don't stop fighting,
Else, you'll sink below.
So many depend on you;
Don't let them down.

Stay above the surface.
Don't lose your fight.
Keep on trying and flailing
Make your bandage seamless
To hide how much you're bleeding
From the rocks within the water.

Stay above the surface
As you twist and turn
When will you reach the air
Gasping in the sun?
All you see is drowning
All you see is tears.