Drowning

I am overwhelmed. 

    I am exhausted. 

I am burning the candle at both ends. 

    I am an emotional train wreck. 

I feel defeated. 

How do I continue to move forward when everything just seems to be dragging me down...

Down. 

        Down. 

                Down. 

                        Small moments of light. 

                Happy, bright seconds. 

       Passing in a hurry. 

Almost forgotten before they're over...

because they've asked me to just take care of one more thing. 

i CAN'T handle ONE more THING!

And now this is broken. 

And now this needs tending. 

Show up here. Do this. Be there. Fix that. 

more. More. MORE.

I want to SCREAM.

I will sit still. I will be quiet. I will lay down my head.

I will get up and take 

    one 

        small 

            step 

at a time. 

Don't look too far ahead, or too far to the side - only at what is right here in front of me, 

    in this moment.

One small step at a time. One crisis at a time. One need at a time.  

Half a second. Half a millisecond. 

One moment at a time.

Don't give in to despair. Keep your head up. 

Keep swimming. 

    Keep floating. 

        Don't go under.

Hold on to hope. 

Stay afloat.