Inhale.
Exhale.
Try not to scream,
try not to cry.
Pick your head up, honey.
Drag yourself out of this
heap of hopelessness
you've become so used to.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Keep it together,
I know you can do this.
Now go out, and smile.
Wipe away those stray tears that dared
to burst from your heart.
I want you to get some light
on this dark tarp that threatens
to encompass you.
I don't want to lose you yet.