Drown

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.