My little girl its been a year,
you're growing up so fast.
My little girl I cant believe how beautiful you've become.
My little girl I'm sorry that your daddy has left you alone,
but he's always looking after you my child.
So happy birthday baby girl.
I will come and see you very soon.

I first knew I was gay
When my best friend kissed me
She came out a year before
she told her parents one night at the dinner table
And they told her they loved her no matter what and that
It’s a parents job to support their kids in the decisions they make
So I had no reason to be scared , Right?
So mum calls me down for dinner
Me, mum, dad and my little sister all sit at the table
Mum asks me how my day has been
And I tell her that my best friend kissed me
Mum spits and says
‘How dare she!’
Dad looks disgusted and says
‘I bet you pushed her away.’
I look down at my food in shame
‘No. No I didn’t.’
Both my parents look at each other with anger in their eyes
‘I’m gay.’
-silence-
‘Get out my house’
I get up, pack my bags and go.
Its been 5 years and now I’m married to a female
And now I know
When I told my parents I didn’t push my now wife away
I didn’t feel ashamed
I was proud

Some people say goodnight when they mean goodbye.
I say night when I mean bye.
Because bye's like this one are never 'good'.

I’m so sick of constantly being rushed, I’m sick of being told I’m doing something wrong, I so ******* done with being threatened to be beaten the **** out of it have my stuff smashed by both ******* parents. Im sick of being told that not wanting to do something is wrong or being made to feel so.
I just don’t get why it’s okay for a parent to tell you that they are going to beat the living **** out of you.
Or “oh you’re cutting yourself because you want attention, but don’t worry if I tell you that everyday you’ll realise that it’s stupid, because Tianna is such a independent, down to earth girl, who really just wants to fit in.”
“Oh yea she was in hospital, she slipped and fell. And had to get stitches, she’s fine now though. I’m totally not lying because I’m disappointed and very embarrassed that my daughter turned out to be a disgusting, lazy, attention seeker.”
“Oh how’s Tianna? She’s great she has her faults more than not but she’s honestly great to have around lie and I used to trust her so so much”
“I’ve thought about kicking you out, again. But, that would look bad on ME. Don’t you know how much I ******* hate you sometimes. Like, I look at you and have no love for you. ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME.
You’re behaviour reflects on ME. And those scars make ME feel sick.”
Oh cause don’t worry mummy you don’t need to worry about me anymore because you can’t worry about someone who doesn’t worry about themselves.
I’m just so done with acting like nothing is wrong.
Or actually being scared when someone says they have a problem, but not the scared scared. Like the scared of how you’re gonna punish yourself this time
Feeling the need to say sorry 100 times and assure them that you care deeply about them 200 times
I’m so sick of feeling like EVERYONE has a problem. When really it’s me who has a ‘problem’
Don’t take this the wrong way but that’s one thing about love. When you are so deeply in love with a person their hurt falls on you too. Their anger angers you. Then arguments. Both of you are ****** up and broken. But you love eachother so much that you just keep on relying on one another to climb up the wall then pull you up too
But that’s the thing both of you are too ******* weak to do that
So it’s a cycle of getting down, climbing up, failing at pulling up the other one, getting down, then switch
Self harm is self harm. Excessively or not it’s still stupid. Temporary pain even the smartest people know won’t help in the long run
But we all repeat and repeat. Oh but it looks so pretty and it’s beauty distracts me from the ugly truth.
But the pain is always gonna ******* linger and linger until one day you realise that sad isn’t the only way. Sad is one way. The wrong way but looks so identical to happiness it’s cousin from across town.
So many people make the mistake of mistaking happy as sad but they all one day find the path to happy.
After walking past so many signs saying no. No this is not the way
They finally realise that the only person who can help them is themselves
In the words of Neil Hilborn; “I don’t think being creative and mentally ill is just related, i believe it’s the same thing.”

I hate my mind.

Daniel.
Daniel was a boy of talent and charm
He smiled when the world didn’t
And he cried when no one would see
He made sure no one ever felt like they were alone
And no matter the severity of a lie or action
He always had room in his heart to forgive.
Daniel left behind a daughter
Not even 1 year old
But
When you had a life like his
Its not easy to get around the mental scars
People had once cut deep into his skin
And the hatred injected in his veins
Daniel was one of the nicest people
And he’ll forever be in our hearts

Why stress about what will happen in the future,
when you can enjoy what is happening now?

Please don't hurt me.

There is always a 'me' in 'someone'
You can never be too in love with yourself,
because self love is the key to loving anything else.
You can not love anyone else unless you love yourself.
And loving yourself comes before anyone else's feelings or priorities.

Today, is going to be a good day. No matter how it started off.

It's like you think one day I'll slip and call you by his name.
Or that his name is on the tip of my tongue.

Today will be a good day because today isn’t yesterday.

Today in class
We were describing how we’d feel to be trapped at sea
Words like;
- Isolated
- Vulnerable
- Powerless
- Intimidated
- Hopeless
- Alone
I don’t know if it was just me but,
When I said those words
I wasn’t thinking about being trapped at sea
I was describing my everyday struggle
Of being trapped in my mind.