I Can't...

I struggle through, trying ever harder

To push my way up and feel air on my face.

Its like walking through water,

Trying so hard, and yet not going anywhere.

Its suffocating me, its all around me.

Pain, death, hurt, and hollow hearts.

I cant escape the sorrow all around me

And yet, always, there is always a light

Somehow, I can always see the light

Of love, laughter, joy and excitement,

Hidden, but still always there.

It parts the water, gives us a place to push too.

Some give up, they cant go anymore

Too much have they been hurt.

Still struggling through the water,

I cant breath.

Its darkness, nowhere to turn

They try so hard to escape, and yet

Like quicksand, it only pulls them deeper

I cant see.

Some try to block the pain,

Somehow, someway, they block it.

Swallowed up in darkness.

I cant feel.

More and more, they are pulled deeper,

Until finally they see, that darkness

Has brought them to their knees.

But one small thing can bring them back

Pull them up to fight, hold them up,

So, in time, they can defeat the one dark enemy,

As they struggle not to be pulled down again

Into the darkness and pain, one small thing,

Be it friendship or love, can hold them to up to victory.