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Just A Dream?

December 30, 2015
By Anonymous

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.


The author's comments:

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.


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