The View from Half Way Down

My 15 year old daughter watches this crazy cartoon on Netflix called Bojack Horseman.

Its utterly ridiculous, the main character, Bojack is a man with the head of a horse, he talks, obviously.

But she made me watch an episode where he reads this poem about suicide which just seems incredibly poignant and touching.

So before the poem, a message for my daughter:

”Keep on growing up kid. Don't let me stop you. Make mistakes, learn from 'em. And When life hurts you, because it will, remember the hurt. The hurt is good. It means you're out of that cave” ❤️

The poem:

"The weak breeze whispers nothing The water screams sublime" "His feet shift teeter-totter Deep breath, stand back, it's time" "Toes untouch the overpass Soon he's water bound" "Eyes locked shut but peek to see The view from halfway down"

"A little wind, a summer sun a river rich and regal" "A flood of fond endorphins Brings a calm that knows no equal" "You're flying now You see things much more clear Than from the ground" "It's all okay, it would be, Were you not now halfway down" "Thrash to break from gravity What now could slow the drop?" "All I'd give for toes to touch The safety back at top"

"But this is it, the deed is done Silence drowns the sound" "Before I leaped I should have seen The view from halfway down"