Sinking lower and lower;

The burn won't help you out.

It can only disguise the  pain

'Til you don't recognize it yourself.

All of us have problems:

Drugs, promiscuity

Alcohol, daddy issues.

Each and every one.

All skeletons in the closet

We are so afraid to air.

What others may think of

Our faults, we just can't bear!

But if just one,

Just one brave person

Were to step out, saying,

"It is okay to not be okay."

How many lives would shift, 

Be saved?

How many people would it help

Avoid going deeper?

We all need to face our issues:

You, me, and them.

Lying underneath, we all can find

A tarnished, but unmistakable, gem.

But without one person's courage

To stand up for what is right,

That gem may never show,

Never see the light.

So I implore you,

Dig up your skeletons!

Seek out help!

Find others who have felt the same.

For when we reach out,

That is how we fix things

And we all stay floating,

Truly alive, in life's game.