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The Aching Need - Don't Tempt Me

I don’t want to do this

But I cant help to feel the need

The need to pick it up

And feel something

 

I don’t want to lose myself

In the distance

Or the fog of pain

 

I sit here senseless

And feel the way I do.

I cant help but lose touch

Lose myself in this chaos

 

As I blinded it

As hindered it useless

By killing myself

Inside.

 

But now you came along

Opened the creeks

The I kept shut

And I forgot.

 

The weight of my world

Is upon me and here

I stand

I sit

I lie

Broken

 

I stare somewhere

Into something

That I used to have

But lost a long time ago

 

I look here and there

And am tempted

By the sight

Of my loss

 

I think to myself

What a relief it would be

To slowly drip

And watch it all waste away

 

I think to myself can I possibly

Sleep tonight

 

Or will the nightmares claim me

Once more as they have

Will I lose myself

In the process

 

I cant help but feel this aching need

To shed all I have

To cut my ridges away

To cut it all

And bear my pain

 

To want to die,

Only when you’re alive

To want to die

Only when you have something worth living for.

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Written by
Marshall
20 / M
Published
May 29
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May 30, 2026

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