You,
Please
Defeat the stereotype
Stand against it
Bold and Intimidating
Look inside
Are you
really
happy?

Stop doing what they want
At the end of the day
Do you feel the emptiness
Deep and black
And unforgiving
Something missing, something that used to be there, you think maybe it will be back tomorrow, maybe it will be better soon, if you just give in a little more and go further and deeper and wider and delve until you realize that--
You went just a little
Too
Far

Reaching up, gasping for air, cling on to anything that will hold you
Pull yourself out, heaving, crying
Just stand up against it
Breathe again