I Wish

I wish I could hold the hurting. I might not be able to assuage their pain in any way, but I can wrap my arms around them and love them. I hate seeing those I care about being beat upon by life, or by the people who should be supporting them, and not being able to do anything about it.

I hate seeing a life wasted because they had no one with them to tell them how valuable and valued they are. These kids hanging themselves, jumping off bridges, putting a gun to their head...it's cruel that they felt they were so alone in life that their only option was death.

Hopelessness is my archnemesis, and it tears me up to see others succumb to it. I've been battling it my whole life; I wish there was some way I could fight alongside someone less experienced in this warfare, so that they could know they are not alone, and that it really does get better.