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Nov 2021 RedAgain

I'm lost

Nov 2021 RedAgain

Cynthia

I'm lost

I don't feel special,
I'm not unique.
I want to cry
but I can't even speak.
My hands reach out,
but they cannot hold
a single thing
but the bitter cold.
Everything's frozen,
I feel lost.
Even my tears
have turned to frost.
When I cut my waist
it bleeds black.
I'm so deeply gone
there's no way back.
This is goodbye

#depression #sad #lost #emotional #strong #cry #death #suicide #suicidal #hurt

Aug 2021 RedAgain

sleep...

Aug 2021 RedAgain

dilshé

sleep...

senseless in slumber
oblivious to the world
forget existence as eyelids shut
into an abyss, the presence swirled
floating in nothingness
no thoughts or intention
sleep is the therapy
that's not often mentioned

Feb 2020 RedAgain

18 Delta

Feb 2020 RedAgain

Ellis Reyes

18 Delta

I can’t feel my legs
Stay with us, Buddy
The chopper’s inbound
I need some O-Positive

Stay with us, Buddy
Apply direct pressure
I need some O-Positive
Put that one over here

Apply direct pressure
I’ve lost the pulse
Put that one over here
Where’s the Chaplain?

I’ve lost the pulse
The chopper’s inbound
Where’s the Chaplain
I can’t feel my legs

18 Delta is the military occupational specialty designation for Special Forces medics.

This is the second in a series of Pantoums

#combat #army #medic

Jan 2020 RedAgain

At the Zoo

Jan 2020 RedAgain

elizabeth leone laird

At the Zoo

part of you
for me anyway
will always be there
beautiful
on a light and
tumble journey
watching me
watch your lashes
paint zebra stripes
down your cheekbones.
we’ll run from budgies
and make friends
with otters
out-stretched, grinning
tickling the noses
of long-necked
ungulates and
hunting for imaginary
creatures between
cages

for Audrey

Jan 2020 RedAgain

Drawing You

Jan 2020 RedAgain

Chelsea

Drawing You

Someone asked me to draw
Draw what heartbreak looks like
I finally got tired of drawing a broken heart
And I started drawing you

#brokenheart

Jan 2020 RedAgain

Moon

Jan 2020 RedAgain

savspoetry

Moon

*      *      *      and you are      *      *
   *           *  just like the moon *      *
*        *   *      -----so, alone-----      *      *
   *      *    but you shine bright  *      *
*     *            at the darkest  *      *     *
   *      *      *     of times  *      *      *      *
*           *           *           *         *