We Are The People

The following is a edited conversation I had with a friend, who is considering suicide. Please reconsider.

Sometimes, you have to help people.

Sometimes, the stinging remark is best.

You and I, we are the people who help.

Who can't leave that stinging remark.

We aren't allowed to have our own problems.

We are supposed to be the people who shove it all down.

We are the ones who have to fake a smile, pretend everything is great.

We are those people.

We affect everyone.

We hold everything together.

Things will fall apart if we aren't there.

And if you’re gone, I left with a mess.

I can’t hold it all up.

Everything will fall apart. Everything.

We are the people. We are the ones who hold things up.

And you are the one I need to help me.

Author's Note

No need to review.