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no more

2 years passed since we last meet

#getting #old #suicide #depression #failure

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Journey

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Nimisha Chauhan

Journey

Mountain top,
Riverside dreams,
Leaving behind
Places, people
As they blur through
Passing by
On a journey.

#journey #mountains #train #wanderlust

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Much to give

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Smothered Divine

Much to give

I wake up tired. Stinging, aching, burning, Sore-
good morning, ceiling
of drywall sky.
I wish I could curl up, warm, tight, soft, light-
goodbye, life.
I'm ready to die.

"Not yet, you have stuff to do today"

He chants in whispy grounded words.
Wordy biting, chilling curse:
Imaginary friend of mine, a lifeline all the same.
Whisper what you want from me, don't leave! I'm not a game.

He played me yet again, I see.
I'm as alive as any gal can be.
I went through days waiting for him,
but he only comes when the sky is drywall.
When my world is aching, quaking, shaking- Melting at the touch.
He only comes when I need a hero,
SuperStagnant, comin' in for the clutch.
I hate you.
Yet I need you.
We saved me,
Now I'll leave you.
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For Christopher, my imaginary friend since I was 9. I miss you.

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Down Below

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Smothered Divine

Down Below

Heart aching pull, vibrant as white splotches on the sky.
Blood slowly pools, vitality dripping like wine.
The tree where thine life prevails when mörkret har förbrukat dig.
But you aren't a tree-
You couldn't care less.
You're bleeding out the pain, focusing only on the shade.
Not quite crimson, not quite happy.
Light falls dimly on your cavity:
Brain cells begone.

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Knowledge

Feb 2020 Richard Frank

Smothered Divine

Knowledge

Sometimes
It's really lonely knowing;
"And other times?"
It's really lonely not knowing.
Like knowing I'm not perfect
and yet still wondering why you're not answering.

You know why.

Maybe so do I.