nobody's got time for.
cross-stitched platitudes
about positive attitudes,
facing adversity strong
head on.
it's all fucking wrong.
I'm here
with my thirty-six years
to alleviate your fears:
give in. be weak.
fall to pieces.
just be.
fucking breathe.
Set free
ideas preconceived
the doubt?
throw it out.
let that shit drown
it's weighing you down.
just let go.
people float.
you'll rise
in due time.
but? sink first.
touch the bottom,
scrape your toes—
know
the sensation
so returning
isn't damnation.
rock bottom
is a myth,
underwater caverns exist,
you will surface.
-10:13 AM, 09/01/2022
Love Always, Haley BCU
