"I Don't Want To Be Strong" by Alexis, 16 | September 2020

I don’t want to be strong. I don’t want this life. I don’t want to keep feeling pain. I don’t want to have to keep going through this hurt. I just want to stop and breathe. As I see good things in my future, the bad things come in. I hate that it brings me down. Sometimes, I just wish that when good things come to my life that the bad didn’t follow. But I know I can fight it, I know I can keep pushing through this war, and I know I’m not alone anymore. I have a team behind me when I’m ready to fall and that’s what I will keep in my mind as I keep cutting through these weeds. And behind me are flowers that are growing. I keep pushing for the people that have left and keep their words in my head.