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My Pain

I have suicidal depression--

                                        and no,  I don't want to tell you about it.

 

I'd rather hide it from you (if I could)

And bury it the way you might do with someone you once loved

 

Maybe sharing their pain if only just for the moment...

 

I don't want you to sympathize with me either. It's not that kind of sad I'm afraid..

 

I need this to hurt me, because if it doesn't I won't learn that it isn't okay to feel this way.

 

A long and outlasting life will be my punishment for this.  I will die in valour and bury this axe where cessation lies dormant

 

Never to be shared with you

 

My sickness fully contained.  I will vanquish this demon inside myself.

 

I will starve before it feeds. I solemnly swear this exorcism on your behalf.

 

You will never know

 

My pain.

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Written by
andrew-kerklaan
Canadian
Published
Sep 24, 2017
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#suicidal#obsession#redemption
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