Would I make life a little easier for you if I wasn’t here?
If I loosened my grip and pretend I didn’t care
Would it be easier if I disappeared
Gone without a trace so there was no one you needed to help?
I want you to know that if my depression wins
I fought with everything I had
While waking up every morning painting on a fake grin
Would life be easier if you didn’t have to worry about my mental state
Unable to sleep at night worried about what I’d might say
Everyone told me things like this take time
Eat,pray,love, & stay on the grind
23 years of my life I still feel the same
Lack of motivation no determination to do a thing
How does one make it go away?

The sides of the bathtub
Rise up like castle walls
Keeping me safe and
Allowing me to ignore
The world outside of them
My small safe haven
My fortress of solitude
A place where I can
Simply be in existence
But not taking up space