Crumble & Rise

I saw my friends struggling through life looking normally happy while deep down, their life wasn’t as perfect as they wanted

Them, strongest people I have met, held the weight of the world on their shoulders but carried their heart on their sleeves

Them, aside from parents, also taught me to not take for granted the things from my life, giving me an understanding that not everything will be easy but it will get better

Them, giving all their attention to something, while what was inside their thoughts were hurt, pain, and struggle

Them, giving all the help they could give, while receiving help from no one

Them, who came to help me for an annual harvest festival, volunteering while their problems were getting stronger

Who helped create something from the bottom while their home was crumbling to the ground

Them, picking up the heaviest object while they held the heaviest burden

With smiles on their faces, their eyes said something different

But no matter what, they kept on smiling, bringing a smile to your own face

Them, who took a deep breath, enjoying the air they breathed while having someone at home who might not get to breathe another breath in their life

Them, staring out in the distance, counting all the good things they had in life while most of them were bad

Them, not shedding a tear for everything happening to them

Them, having faith that one day everything will be like normal and will have no more troubles, will having a peaceful life

They made me have a lot more faith to believe everything will be okay.