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On a chair On a cliff My back is straight My arms are stiff It churns On angular Axis Gracious Then Gaunt Back and Forth Momentum Momentous Backwards? Nothing Just the chair Rocking Tipping Anxiety Anticipating I flail before Straightening Caught once Again Always always Hesitating Again I am coughing Again I am drowning See me smiling? It’s quiet Screams sent Screeches screamed But only when Slumbering Silence kept Returning Is the Sanatorium moving? Except the grime My lungs secreting Drowning My coughs in my arm There is no sign There is no alarm Just is Is Is Rocking Back And forth Coughing, stumbling And finally finally Falling I flail before Straightening
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Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 11:24 PM UTC
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On a chair On a cliff My back is straight My arms are stiff It churns On angular Axis Gracious Then Gaunt Back and Forth Momentum Momentous Backwards? Nothing Just the chair Rocking Tipping Anxiety Anticipating I flail before Straightening Caught once Again Always always Hesitating Again I am coughing Again I am drowning See me smiling? It’s quiet Screams sent Screeches screamed But only when Slumbering Silence kept Returning Is the Sanatorium moving? Except the grime My lungs secreting Drowning My coughs in my arm There is no sign There is no alarm Just is Is Is Rocking Back And forth Coughing, stumbling And finally finally Falling I flail before Straightening
I'm going to be honest the chair on the cliff idea was from someone in 7th grade but ever since I've found it so profound a metaphor
#anxiety#mania#depression#sickness#recovery
Marley_Gold
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Marley_Gold
20/F/Norfolk
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 11:24 PM UTC
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