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Running out of Time

July 19, 2022
By HaariC BRONZE, Chantilly, Virginia
HaariC BRONZE, Chantilly, Virginia
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A little numb

I think

A little hopeless

A little weak

Help me

Is what I want to say

What I want to happen

What I wait for 

Every day

And the next

Until I feel worthless

Deserving of this numb void

I’ve cast myself into

Time and time again


Can’t get close to others

Don’t show how wrong I feel

Everything is fine

I’m fine

But then why do I want to stop time

Stop everything

Give my self space

Give myself more time

I’m running out of time

I’m running out of feelings

I’m running out of life

I’m running into an empty void


Everything is just going too fast

Too fast

Too fast

Way too fast

Slow it down, please

What if one day

I wake up

And I’m thirty

Please slow it down

I beg to you every day

Every second

Take me out


I don’t belong

Here, there, anywhere

Take me out

Take me out of here

I don’t want to be here anymore

I don’t want to fake happiness

It’s tiring

I don’t want to please anyone

It’s not who I am

But then again,

Who am I

I am a human devoid of life and feeling

So help me

I am a human that wants to end 

An empty life

A worthless life

My life

Somebody help me

I need it

I don’t want to be anymore


The author's comments:

This piece is about a person who desperately wants and needs help. A person who is desperate to end a life. Denial, questioning, and acceptance all wrapped in one, Bargaining with one that put them there. Help them, they need it.


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