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Just A Dream?
So many young children, screaming.
I wonder what it is I can do.
Is it torture?
Is it pain?
Is there nothing we can do?
Near death experiences?
They are plentiful, but I don't really want to move.
"Forget the memories", yet they haunt me,
Nothing's ever what they seem.
My soul wanders endlessly,
I yearn for eternal sleep.
When I tune into the playback of my life,
I don't know if I'll see anything I like.
My life is one big mixing bowl of tears and strife.
Why can't I ever man up and just take my life?
I don't know who I am,
what hides behind my eyes.
I cannot go to sleep at night without saying "Goodbye".
I cry and sob,
and my brain racks itself inside my skull,
'cause I hate my guts to no end.
My Life Sucks.
But I realize death is what they want me to feel.
As my hand,
it shakes from holding such cold steel.
And my skin bleeds in order for me to feel again.
I step off of the ledge,
not changing my fate.
But realizing the truth before it was too late.
My family, they love me,
even though I screw things up.
And my girlfriend,
she adores me,
even if I don't return my love.
In the hardest days,
through the darkest nights,
things take time,
and they do get better,
but you'll never know if you send off that death letter.

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I wrote this during my toughest time during my depressive cycle. As a teen with depression there are many things that burden my daily life. Writing keeps me going, it keeps my head afloat, and I just want to write something to inspire and keep others going along with me. I want to keep the suicide rates down with teens, if they're LGBT+ (like me) or not. I want my words to change people and to cause a revoltion.