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Invisibility is a lonely place.
Quiet, peaceful, but empty.
There are others here, too.
But we're to afraid to speak.
for fear our voices will shatter glass of silence
that shields us from the rest of the world.
A desire rests deep in our hands
to strike the pane, color our knuckles with something
as real as blood and pain.
To see life in liquid form,
coursing down our pale skin,
grasp a hand from the other side
to be lost in deep words
with a like minded companion.
Traipsing down the deer trails of thought
while the leaves of dreams
fall at our feet.
 Mar 2014 Alvira Perdita
Bailey
I love you
Is the prayer
That dissolves behind my lips
Every morning

You are not God
And neither am I
Not anymore
 Mar 2014 Alvira Perdita
Sir B
This whole system
where
hating yourself
or trying to **** yourself
is more accepted
than loving yourself?

I am not just being cynical
I am trying to provoke thoughts
no-one is taking any action on this
that people find it more
socially acceptable
saying you are suicidal
than they do when you say
"i love myself"

I find it wrong
but i can't do anything about it
can i.
Though this poem highlights the things wrong, I am actually knee deep and just cannot control my emotions. I feel suicidal too often sometimes. It's not good, but I really don't know what to do...
She reads
                                          And she sleeps
                                                      Way too much
                                                            ­           It's her coping defence
                                                                ­               When nothing else will suffice
                                                         ­               She needs to get away
                                                       Without actually leaving
                                             Because she's too scared
                                   And too tired
                                            To leave her bed
                                                      So she cracks open a book
                                                            ­     To escape somewhere far away
                                                            ­             And she'll sob for the characters
                                                      ­                       Whose brokenness resembles hers
                                                            ­                                   And then she'll sleep
                                                           ­                                   And have sweet dreams
                                                          ­              Of realities that are not her own
                                                       Because pretending is so much easier
                                                 Than facing reality
                             So she'll sleep and dream
          And secretly wish she won't wake up
So she can finally escape
 Jan 2014 Alvira Perdita
brooke
at the beginning of
summer before the
sun came out, your
mom made us brownies
in a mug and we sat on
the couch downstairs and
watched Red. I'm not sure
you'll ever know how
comfortable I was
with you and how
with you I was more
of myself than I even
am alone sometimes.
(c) Brooke Otto

I will write about other people now.
 Oct 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
i ran away today
I guess that's a cliche
but I did; got in my
car and drove two
hours to Colorado
Springs because
I couldn't stand
my own thoughts
got out amongst
the people so I
could hear
theirs instead

for the first time
I was a little scared
to go

home.
(c) Brooke Otto 2013
 Oct 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
we aren't pretty
enough without
filters, we like our
faces better with
faux overtones
people like
us better with
faux overtones
but really we
just want to
be loved
in honest
to god


daylight.
(c) Brooke Otto
 Oct 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
Air.
 Oct 2013 Alvira Perdita
brooke
i miss you less and less
and wonder what it is
that i am holding on to
(c) Brooke Otto
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