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mer Feb 2019
depression doesn't care
if you've got millions of dollars
or you're just getting by.

depression doesn't care
if you've got loving friends and family
or you're all alone.

depression doesn't care
if you've got a successful career
or you're unemployed.

depression doesn't look at your life situation.
depression is a mental illness, not an emotion.
depression doesn't care.
mer Feb 2019
she doesn't know
what it means
all she knows
is that she
is going to
die

"cancer"

she hears the word
over and over
again
she asks her mom
what it means
there is no reply

"cancer"

she's eight years old
she'll never go to college
never kiss anyone
never
never
never

"cancer"

she hates hearing
that word that means
nothing
she cries
why will no one tell her
what it means?
mer Feb 2019
The sunlight caresses her dark cheeks and she smiles
She runs her fingertips over those soft, dewy, red petals of a rose
Her bare brown feet step over the broken twigs without a sound
The blue sky smiles down at her from above the dogwood trees
mer Feb 2019
passion burns in your beautiful eyes
i can't bear to meet them
for fear of losing control

they're blue, like the stream
that runs past my parent's house
not bright, but subtle

they look at me much too often
i can't stand their teasing touch
i want them to be mine
mer Jan 2019
i walk around like a robot has stolen my soul
all my emotions are numb
because you broke me

i was once your best friend
don't you remember me?

i remember you
in fact,
i can't seem to get over you
mer Jan 2019
inhale sunlight
exhale clouds

it'll be okay
mer Jan 2019
Don't ask me to pick flowers for you;
love is not picking flowers
from a sunny garden.
That is destroying
something beautiful
to get what you want.

Love is holding you when you're at your worst;
no you don't look pretty
with your wet, distorted face.
Love is when you don't care
because no flower could compare
to my love for you.
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