The premiere title of this collection and where I wanted to write about hope after depression. So many times we are given advice, good advice even. Yet we just can’t listen to it because we are stuck in this toxic feeling of pain that just overwhelms us. It’s pretty sad honestly because good support seems like it’s not doing anything. But that’s the thing, it seems like it isn’t but that’s because it takes time to heal. It’s okay to feel like you can’t get out because it is a valid emotion of fear that this will be forever. But that’s not true, it can end. I’ve seen proof of it in my own life with my own story and friends. This poem’s title is based on a level in Pikmin 2 - a childhood game of mine I would play on my Gamecube. The entire gimmick of the level was that it was a water level with so many hazards that you cannot be prepared for since the game only allows you to go in with a specific set up that doesn’t account for all the nonsense present. It’s a dungeon that brings fear to the heart of players because you encounter the boss, The Water Wraith, at the start who chases you throughout. There’s a fear and cycle of regret that keeps on going. I always wanted to write a poem using those themes and it came at a perfect time because this overlapped. This is the premiere poem of the collection because it is an inflection point of what came before and what comes afterwards.
The worst part of being depressed is when some of your friends can't help understand what you're going through. It's a feeling foreign to them even if they've felt bad before. It's no fault of their own too, they wish they could do anything to help you. But when you have a friend who actually understands your pain and is there for you, that changes everything. I'm glad that I have a friend like that. And I'm glad that I have friends who worry about me too despite this being a foreign situation to them to handle. But with this poem, I hope to motivate you to get help if you need it. You need to want the help and get stronger. No one else will do it for you. You gotta make it! And you can. Even if it takes a while, even if it takes all of your soul to get there.
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