createCanvas(400, 400)

  string = "you matter please. don't worry now."

}

​

function draw() {

  background(220)

  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER)

  drawWordsUpDown(string, 3)

}

​

function drawWordsUpDown(string, num_rows=2) {

  words = string.split(" ");

  for (let i = 0; i < num_rows; i++) {

    phrase = ""

    for (let j = i; j < words.length; j += num_rows) {

      phrase += words[j] + " "

    }

    text(phrase, mouseX, mouseY + i*50)

  }

}