When the Water Feels Too Deep

A Poem for women who feels like they're drowning in misery I know it feels like the weight is too much to carry, like every breath takes effort, like even hope sounds far away right now. But hear this gently you are not failing at life. You are living through something heavy. And even in this, you are still here. That matters more than you think. You don’t have to fix everything today. You don’t have to be strong in the way the world demands. Sometimes strength is just getting through the next moment, and then the next. It’s okay to feel tired. It’s okay to not be okay. But please don’t believe the lie that this is all there is for you. This moment is not your whole story. Even water that feels like it’s pulling you under can become still again. Even storms pass. Even pain shifts shape with time. And so will this. If all you can do today is breathe then breathe. If all you can do is rest then rest. You are not lazy. You are not weak. You are overwhelmed. And somewhere ahead of this pain, there is a version of you who will look back and say: “I survived what I thought would break me.” That version of you is not gone. She is still coming