Trying Our Best

I felt the dizziness that
three words bring
and each time, they steal
a piece of me and gnaw
away at the small
collection of
faith I hold that promises
everything will eventually
be okay.

"I give up," you tell me
with circles beneath
your eyes
and a heart
with a beat
that is nearing
the end
of the song.

those words
are the words
that break me.

Because everyday
we're all trying our best
to keep it together
and when I see someone
pinned down to the
ground
with the heaviness life
brings,
I'm afraid I'll soon be
right there next to them.