Hello, you do not know me

But I am begging you

Please consider for a moment

That perception isn’t truth

For though you feel like a burden,

An infection stuck in place

This world, left in your absence

Would be in so much pain

I know how much it hurts

To feel as though you’re flawed

As if the very composition of your being

Is somehow breaking laws

But I promise you, there’s someone who would cry

Someone who would wonder what they could have done each night

Someone who would beg for just a chance to make things right

Happiness you’ll feel again, if you just stay alive

And I’m sorry that the wounds run deep,

I’m sorry that you’re sad

It’s a tragedy that merely needing love

Makes you feel bad

But I swear that if you just hold on,

And fight another day

Eventually you will get through this part

And be okay

Progress is progress

No matter how small

And if all you did was breathe today

I still see nothing wrong

Not everyone gets it, some don’t understand

Their lives have been different, their standards aren’t fair

Don’t compare yourself to what you think you ought be

I may not know you, but you matter to me