You were scarred this familiar feeling your heart, charred You were afraid nowhere to go counting the days You were a fool searching for a reason you learned life’s cruel You were drowning reaching out a hand people were surrounding Deep breaths, please, deep breaths, they’d say, but nobody reached out nobody gave you a way Silence became your friend it stayed with you until the end deep breaths, you breathed, the more the water seethed Maybe it’s better to give up hold your breath, test your luck with drowning there is no guidance, deep breaths take up far more space than silence