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**** me and then put me in a coffin
next to that majestic oak.
Look at my pale face while you wrap the lifeless body in a black cloak.
Start a fire, but don’t burn yourself just to hide me in the smoke.
The words on your lips wound my existence, until, on them, i choke:

“Sleep easy, sleep well, my little darling,
soon i’ll be with you, when the stars start falling.
Dream sweet, dream of me, my tender starling,
everything is going to be all right, there will be no more crying.
 Nov 2017 Michael J Simpson
Eppie
my thoughts are shaped like
atom bombs:
bearing faces of angry gods
tearing through the air above.

my thoughts are shaped like
revolver rounds:
their loud, resounding sounds
always make my heart pound.

my thoughts are shaped like
vile things:
describing them makes my eyes sting

so i won't anymore.
intrusive thoughts
There once was a painter
He painted so much
The painter didn't talk so much
He painted over words

There once was a painter
He talked so much
The painter didn't paint so much
He had finally died
After an illustrious career.
 Nov 2017 Michael J Simpson
Halo
When you just want to cry.
When you just want to fade.
When you just want to try.
When you think you have your life made.

Happiness is not a smile on your face.
Happiness is a warm embrace.
Happiness is the feeling when you share a bond.
Happiness is what makes your life seem long.

When you see something awful.
When a person you love disappears.
When you have a crush that is out of your league,
When happiness just seems to leak.

You can get ****** into the Upside-Down,
Your life can turn into a merry-go-round.
You can have a voice in your head that likes it cold,
You can draw vines and have tragic episodes.

Don't make yourself cry.
Don't think to fade.
You just have to try
And you'll have your life made.
Don't turn your life upside down.
The monsters will get you.

The Upside Down
You started your journey
                    (You started your journey)
Towards a bright future
                (Tried to have a bright future)
As you walk forward
               (As you tried to walk forward)
You met hurdles
                     (You met hurdles)

You had a breakdown
                      (You had a breakdown)
It seems that you lost already
                      (You lost already)
You fought alone
                       (You fought alone)
Overcoming it with your own strength
                       (Nobody can help you)

Soon, you will reach halfway
               (Soon, you will reach halfway)
Toward your goal
               (Toward your goal)
You made it this far, congrats!
               (The goal is still far away)
Keep it up, you can do it!
               (Can you make it to the end?)


Believe in yourself.
                       (Question yourself.)
 Nov 2017 Michael J Simpson
AB
I find myself doing the things you used to do.
The way you'd bite your lip when you were thinking.
The way you'd put your hands together
During a scary movie.

I find myself mimicking the little things
That I loved about you.
And it breaks my heart to feel this;
That I can't get you out of my head.

Your actions, your smile, your voice:
They're imprinted in my brain.
You became a part of me
And I think that's what made it hurt so much
When you left and took that part of me
With you, away from me.

Everybody tells me
"Just get over it"
"Move on"
"It was just a stupid summer crush"

But you were everything to me
And I don't think I'll ever be able to feel that again.
I steeled my heart and closed off my mind.

I'll never let anyone in like that again.
Never.

But sometimes... I want to
Some people you just don't get over. I don't care what others say. There's some love that stays with you despite the hurt or the time that passes.
Find a passion
that
Exhausts your pain
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