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No drink you ever drink No cigarette you ever smoke Is going to fill the void you feel It never works More, and more, and more It is never enough It does not work. So, why, do you keep trying? Again, and again, and again... Instead you wake with guilt      and the void is bigger the next day      so you keep trying to plug that hole      but you are just making it bigger... The hole cannot be plugged It must be built up, from the bottom Find your worth, it is down there Find your self-empathy, it is there too Find your confidence, it is not lost Find yourself, it was once discarded       with your bottles, down that hole. - IJ
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Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020 at 8:41 AM UTC
The Void
No drink you ever drink No cigarette you ever smoke Is going to fill the void you feel It never works More, and more, and more It is never enough It does not work. So, why, do you keep trying? Again, and again, and again... Instead you wake with guilt      and the void is bigger the next day      so you keep trying to plug that hole      but you are just making it bigger... The hole cannot be plugged It must be built up, from the bottom Find your worth, it is down there Find your self-empathy, it is there too Find your confidence, it is not lost Find yourself, it was once discarded       with your bottles, down that hole. - IJ
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iris-joy
F/Victoria, Australia
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020 at 8:41 AM UTC
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