Sinking Ships Poem by Kelsey Gallant

I'm on a boat that's being barraged
It's your boat of self-sabotage
It's sinking more quickly than I can keep up

Every day you carve into the hull another hole
Every day I take my bucket and do what I can
But you're the one with the control
This is out of my hands

What more can I do?
I can try all I want but it all comes back to you
It's really hard to save a ship
When the captain's the one who's sinking it

I'm doing all I can to save you from yourself
But it's hard to save someone who won't accept help
More than once I've considered jumping ship
Save myself while I still can so I don't go down with it

But we're in this together, we're a family, it's true
And I'm intricately connected to everything you do
I'm not going to let you drown
Even though you seem to want me to

Just stop burning holes in your ship
Together we can find a way to mend it
But I need you to help
I can't save your ship by myself

I wish I knew why
Wish I could do more than pray and stew and cry
I wish I could fix everything that's broken
But all I can do is sit here hoping

Hoping this ship won't sink
Or maybe that we can work together to build a better one
Hoping you'll help me keep it afloat this time
Stop wreaking havoc on your life

And I want you to know that I won't let this ship go down without a furious fight.