The Battle In Yourself

Take a look around your life;

babies without dads,

moms without husbands,

children with broken dreams.

Life is what you make it...

so people say.

But the people make life.

Unloved, used, and broken,

hidden by the mask of our own humility.

People dance around like nothings wrong,

take a look around your life.

Children without parents,

soldiers without families,

people with no one to call their own.

This is when life becomes clear.

Life is fragile. Life is not life at all.

Self destruction, self pity, self hate,

it eats the soul alive.

There's no way to get out,

in the end it's not death that kills,

its self hate that ends our life.

Before death even gets a chance to win,

we kill ourselves. Not physically. Its all mentally.

Before people know what's wrong

its too late. To late to make a difference.

People without homes,

kids without friends,

parents without jobs.

Take a look around your life,

wake up.

Learn to appreciate the little things.

The hot tea. That shower you took this morning,

your bed you sleep in.

So many people don't have these.

Before you realize it,

it's gone.

Everything will be gone.

Your friends. Your family. Your home.

The battle is within yourself.

Win the battle between your mind and death.

Who will win? Who will care? Who even cares who wins?

No one. No one cares.

Unleash the mask you're hiding behind,

there's someone waiting to be shown.

Realize that you are worth it.

You are perfect.