I am here, watching you drown
I can’t reach you,
all you have to do is stand.
I am out of reach,
I use tools, rope and carrots,
There is nothing I can do
but watch and cry.
I am begging you to stand.
Pleading with you, “please, just stand.”
You start to stand and reach for me
Over and over again.
I reach and grab your hand.
But all over again
You give up, let go, and fall
And on the way down
You scratch and pull,
Breaking my bones
Drawing blood
bruising my skin.
I am watching you die
And it is killing me too.
And I beg you to try.
I hear your voice,
small and scared,
“why wont you help me?”
Just stand.
Just stand.