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It's all wrong but alright

The kind of sobs that shake your entire body

And the kind of pain that starts in your soul

But slowly devours you.

 

The emptiness that is a dark void, extra space

Hollow and echoing

All around and all inside you.

 

Everywhere you look is someone happier

Someone more accomplished

Someone more full than you.

 

Pleasure is just a bridge to the next wide expanse of pain

To the next dense forest of loneliness

To the worst things that find you.

 

It cannot be expelled by light or laughter

Nor can it be warmly caressed into submission

Because it lives and thrives on you.

 

It was not your choice, none of it was

You would **** it if you could

You would go back to being you.

 

Strength comes not from blind bravery and knowledge

It comes from pain and suffering and sadness

That have bowed down to you.

 

Loneliness doesn't come from having no one around you

It comes from having no one truly with you

But it will never be stronger than you.

 

It's alright, it's alright, it's all wrong but alright

No one's got it all

But no one's here to save you.

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shannon-hughes
Canadian
Published
Jan 20, 2014
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