Stay Above Poem by Kewayne Wadley

The heart is a fragile thing,
Only able to hold so much.
Like a ship
Sailing through a storm.
Some make it through.
Others, water fills the hull.

Wave after wave,
Try as you might.
You must stay afloat
The best way you can.
No matter how many patches,
Water still leaks in.
Just like a heart,
Pumping, but weighed down.
You must keep going.
Take the proper precautions,
Jump overboard,
Swim if you must,
No matter how many lies
Have poked and prodded
At your heart.
No matter how many holes
Have pierced your soul.
Don't drown.
As long as you keep kicking,
The sun will always shine.
Not all beautiful locations are
charted on a map