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Oct 2017
I'm eating something toxic
And if I stop I think I'll die
But if I don't I will be sick forevermore
How do you stop the only thing that's keeping you going
When it's one of the things that's keeping you down?
How do you give up your lifeline
When it's also the chain that keeps you locked up?
How do you fix the problem
When it's the solution?
How do you solve isolation
When it's the people around you that make you feel lonely?
How do you move forward
When you're always taking two steps back?
How do you chase your dreams
When they turn into nightmares whenever you try?
How do you go and talk to someone
When the very thought makes your heart seize up?
How do you look life in the eye and say "***** you"
When it just screws you right back?
How do you sleep
When you're always sad?
I'm eating something toxic
And if I stop I think I'll die
But if I don't I will be sick forevermore
Shannon Hughes
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