You'll Never Know Where Rock Bottom Is Until You Hit It

people always like to tell you that you'll be okay, but they don't really know. you are the one who has to make that choice

It’s always amazing to me
When you say you know what I’m dealing with
When in reality
You know nothing of the sort
You may have been in the same situation
You might have not
But everyone has an opinion to offer
And advice they think I should take

You’re going to be okay, you say
Everything’s going to be alright
But who are you to make these promises?
How can you possibly know if tonight will be my last night?

Another popular phrase I hear
“If you’re going through hell”
“Just keep on going”
But I don’t hear anyone say
What to do if the devil offers me a different way?
To sell my soul
Escape this hole
Well, what then?

People think they know
What and where
The lowest of lows is
But they know nothing
Every opinion
Every piece of advice
Means almost nothing
If it’s applied to your life

You’ve got to figure it out on your own
Even with millions of friends
You’re really all alone

No one can tell me it’s going to be fine
I am the one who has to toe that line.
 

Reviews

[Ella Emergency]

everyone's rock bottom is different.
no one understands that.
advice is overrated. i guess thats what you're saying.
the devil always offers another way... indirectly.
i've taken every road he offered me.
and now look where i am.

[These Haunted Hallways]

Twas a good poem, and it's an inderstandable point. But, I guess ya got to take it into consideration, too, that people are just tryin to be nice if and when they do say that to you; and im sure they mean no harm by it.

B.A.