you are alive.

maybe you feel like you aren't,
but, i promise you,
you are alive

or, maybe you aren't.
maybe you're merely existing

but, guess what?
it's better than being dead.

you may be going through a lot.
maybe you are experiencing
pain and grief on a level
that nobody seems to understand,
maybe you're sad for no reason at all,
maybe life just doesn't feel
worth living anymore

but, i swear to you,
your life is worth something,
you are worth something,
whether you believe it or not,
your existence was not a mistake.

so, i want you to know,
your life matters

you matter.

stay alive,
or you may never see the day
where you're finally able
to get up out of bed
and feel ready
to face the world head-on

stay alive,
so you can live to see the day
where, for once,
you feel like you have
actually lived.

© sam