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During Takeoff and Landing

Historically speaking, I am evil. I used, I hated, I hurt, I cheated. I lied, I drank, I wanted to die But history is history. I can't sit still while my world crumbles. I can't stop trying to facilitate health. You would that I made no mistakes You would that I crucified myself. My foundation is frozen in purgatory now But humanity insists that I'll make it somehow And when your record is littered with lies The truth will always be clouded with doubt I don't want to give up, but I want to give in To the conceptual bliss of not having to be I don't want to die, but I want the pain to end I wonder what world waits for spirits set free. Sometimes I wish that I never chose fatherhood So I didn't have anyone to hurt, left behind But I have to believe that this life will get better Even when suicide strangles my mind.
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ryan-bowdish
American
Published
Oct 7, 2021
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"Speaking words of wisdom...

Let it be."

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