in a day overflowing

i let anxiety slip through my fingers like water

bathe in ease, sunlight seeping into my skin

the warmth of love and joy filling my lungs

i remember the emptiness of depression isn’t all there is

i rise to the surface of suffocating emotion

i’m allowed to feel more than my illness

i a m a l l o w e d t o f e e l m o r e t h a n m y i l l n e s s