I may be broken but I'm not Dead

I am broken but I am not Dead.

I exhaled loudly and bowed my head

Where I was, that was my doing.

Every mistake, every misfortune,

every dark thought was weighing upon me with suffocating force and trying to destroy me

I didn’t want to be here, hurting and crying trying not to drown in the sadness feeling like dying

I was broken.

There was nothing pretty or poetic about the spectacle of hitting rock bottom.

And worse than that, I was alone and forced to confront every detail of my descent.

Though I am cracked, I won't shatter

I'll gather strength, climb this ladder

My scars are proof, of what I've been through

But I'm not done, there's still work to do

Each breath I take, will fuel my fight

I won't surrender, I'll shine my light

For though I've been bruised, and tossed around

I'll rise again, and stand my ground.