Stay

When the darkness

Tries to overtake me

When I’m forced under the water

Again and again

They haven’t left my side

They haven’t stopped fighting

To keep me

From disappearing

Forever

They are my friends

They are the people

I can joke with

I can make fun of

I can be myself in front of

And I know

They will never

Stop backing me up

They will never

Give up on me

They will keep holding on

They will put up with

The worst parts of me

And love me

They will listen

When no one wants too

They will allow me

To cry

And won’t judge

I feel like I can go to them

With anything

I hate letting people know

I have vulnerabilities

I hate letting them see me cry

But with my friends,

I’m not scared of anything

I hope I’m as good to them

As they are to me

They should know

I will listen

To whatever they have to say

I will drop everything for them

I really do love them

They mean a lot to me

I hope I never forget

How good they’ve been to me

Or how much I need them

I would never forgive myself

If they left

Because of me