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Above Water The world came in too fast today Every wound had found my name Every screen became a window Every window filled with flame Too much blood Too much blame Too many voices Calling my name Look this way Look this way Look this way My body heard it all at once Like sirens under skin I tried to care for everything And lost the room I'm in Panic in my chest again Static in my hands The signal floods the body And the body can't withstand I reached for every drowning hand But the water took my breath I thought that care meant sinking too I mistook panic for depth You can't help the world If you disappear You can't pull them from the water If you drown inside their fear Find your breath Find the floor Find the room you're living for Self-care is not neglecting the world It's how I stay enough to return It's how I keep one hand above water When everything starts to burn You can't save the drowning By letting them pull you under You can't heal the thunder By breaking in the storm One breath One room One hand against the floor The world is still burning But I can't hold it all anymore Not because I do not love it Not because I do not care But I am only one body Trying to breathe the same air You can't help the world If you disappear You can't pull them from the water If you drown inside their fear Find your breath Find the floor Find the room you're living for Self-care is not leaving the world It's learning how to stay Without letting all the sorrow Drag the living part away So I'll breathe Before I reach I'll stand Before I speak I'll keep my head above the water So my hand can still mean help I will not call it kindness To abandon myself