She has a personality made up of tests and pills
four fifths suicidaI
a tidal wave of antidepressants
depression is not something that can be remedied by any of the contents found in a first aid kit
And if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself
Get a better mirror
Look a little closer
Stare a little longer
Because there’s something inside you
that made you keep trying
Despite everyone who told you to quit
you built a cast around your broken heart
because how can you hold your ground
if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it?
You have to believe that they were wrong.

They have to be wrong

Why else would we still be here?
We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog,
because we see ourselves in them.
We stem from a root planted in the belief
that we are not what we were called.
But our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain and more to do with beauty.