Yes and No

I do not think the problem is in people saying no
I believe the problem is in people saying yes
Yes to being broken hearted, yes to being left alone
Yes to being saddened and haunted by distress

Rather than saying, no, not today
Today you will not break me
Today you will not take my spirit away
And today I will not be deceived

People saying yes to being within themselves
Waiting for someone to pull them out
and in the darkness their spirit dwells
screaming and kicking about

They say yes to being torn down by reality
They say yes to allowing people to drag them down
And yet they blame the world of the brutality
Drowning beneath the thoughts that they crown

The yes is stronger than the no
And with that, use it to grow