A Try

“…I tried…”

“I know.”

“…I did my best… and it wasn’t enough… I failed…”

“You didn’t fail. You did what you could.”

“But it wasn’t enough… I did what I could and it wasn’t enough!”

“It was the best you could do though, and what’s done is done.”

“But… But I tried to reach out… and it didn’t work… I didn’t want this, I tried to help, I really did…”

“I know you did, but you can’t save everyone. You did your best, and your best isn’t always enough.”

“But I didn’t want this to happen damn it!”

“Calm down… it’ll be okay, you’ll see…”

“When?! When will it be okay?!”

“I don’t know, but it will be okay one day. You just have to be patient and try to move on…”

“But I can’t! I tried… but it wasn’t enough…”

“You need to calm down… once you calm down, you’ll feel a little better…”

“Yeah! A little! That won’t help at all… not with the way I feel…”

“And how do you feel?”

“Like a failure… I failed… I tried, it wasn’t enough, and I failed…”

“Don’t… you didn’t fail…”

“Then what would you call it?!”

“…I don’t know…”