The end is so near

I've tyred going with the stream
But my feet kept getting cut
So I went against the current
For years that's been my way
People shoving past me
Slowing me down making it hard
But I still kept moving
My lags are growing tyred
But I can't stop now, that the end is so near
I stumble now and then
Just as much as when I started
But now the water comes up to me neck
I can't stop now that the end is so near.
My lags now shack under me
I stumble with ever step I take
But the life suckers are at my heels
I can't lose to them
Not now that the end is so near
I can't see it, but I know it's there
I've heard the stories of those that made it
The air in my lungs comes harder now
And with my next stumble I know I can't got back up
I'll drowned
But it's better then falling to the jagged teeth behind me
I'm prepared to do the big give up
It's better then to act something I'm not
I have to use my hands now
Only to have them ripped at first read
But it's better then losing to them
My way is slow and sometimes barely anything
But the centimeter is a mile to me
It's better then losing to them
I'm on my knees by now
But the end is so near
It's just out of sight
I can't lose to them
With hands, knees, and feet making the water Scarlet
I'm ready to give up
And let my slashed up body be seen by them
I sit and wait for the dark end to come
But where is it?
There are people here
Are they the messengers of the dark ending?
No they're others like me
They won't let me go to the dark ending
I am lifted, the icy grip of the waters lessen
The crimson from me ceases
I can breath almost as I once could
We walk along now
Alone we couldn't have moved on
But now, together we're going to make it to the lighted ending