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Xanax

I can't tell you what it's like to feel like dying.

I can't tell you how I'm so afraid of death but I play with it like its a childhood friend.

I can't tell you what it's like to cry yourself to sleep for the 47th night in a row.

I can't tell you how I feel when I wake up screaming in the middle of the night.

I can't tell you, but I can show you.

I can show you what it's like to feel like dying in my playful smile and dull eyes.

I can show you what it's like to be afraid of death but play with it because I have scars on my body but I refuse to go to a funeral.

I can show you what it's like to cry yourself to sleep for 47 nights in a row by my blood shot eyes and bags underneath with tear stains covering my pillow.

And I can show you how It feels to wake up in the middle of the night screaming by the empty Xanax bottle in the bottom of my purse.

I can't always tell you the things that are going through my mind, but you can't say that I never showed you.

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Nov 17, 2016
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