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When you fall into a well Grit will not save you from gravity Willpower will not cushion the bottom Will not strip the algae from the walls Will not keep you from slipping back down There at the bottom The platitudes of the strangers and bystanders Bounce off the brick Sounding endless and hollow Especially when they think I don't want to get out I can scrabble my fingers raw I can scream my throat hoarse I can think positively until I go mad But there at the bottom Grit cannot dispel gravity Fighting does not create friction And the bottom is all there is.
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Feb 28, 2021
Feb 28, 2021 at 10:24 PM UTC
Falling Into A Well
When you fall into a well Grit will not save you from gravity Willpower will not cushion the bottom Will not strip the algae from the walls Will not keep you from slipping back down There at the bottom The platitudes of the strangers and bystanders Bounce off the brick Sounding endless and hollow Especially when they think I don't want to get out I can scrabble my fingers raw I can scream my throat hoarse I can think positively until I go mad But there at the bottom Grit cannot dispel gravity Fighting does not create friction And the bottom is all there is.
I wish I could will myself out of circumstances, but some circumstances are traps.
#despair#recovery#survival
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Mokuseijin
Feb 28, 2021
Feb 28, 2021 at 10:24 PM UTC
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