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My throat is a battlefield Where screams go to die They crawl up like Spiders with broken legs Then fall back down Into my chest cavity Banging against my ribs Like caged birds Until their wings snap And feathers clog my lungs My hands are earthquakes That never stop Fingers twitching like Live wires against my skin I press them into my thighs And bruises bloom in the form of Purple flowers watered by adrenaline The shaking moves inward My bones rattle like Wind chimes in a hurricane My heartbeat is a drum corps Marching through my temples I can't tell if it's love Or terror anymore A relentless percussion That makes my vision blur At the edges like watercolour Left in rain My inner child is screaming Inside my skull Her voice is sandpaper Scraping against bone She claws at the inside of my throat Until her fingernails break off And scatter like shrapnel Through my bloodstream She's trying to tear her way out Through my mouth I swallow her back down Drowning her in my stomach acid My skin doesn't fit anymore It's two sizes too small And made of barbed wire Every breath stretches it tighter I swear I can feel it Splitting at the seams Revealing something underneath That doesn't have a name I'm simultaneously too much And not enough My body is a contradiction of physics Expanding and collapsing In the same instant Like a star dying in real time The explosion is happening Inside my chest The implosion is happening Behind my eyes And I can't tell which direction Is up anymore Time moves like molasses in winter Thick Slow Suffocating But also like lightning Split-second and blinding Past Present And future Collapse into this single moment I'm everywhere I've ever been And nowhere I want to stay My breath comes in gasps That taste like copper Like I've been chewing on Pennies or blood Or maybe both Maybe I've been eating myself alive Starting with the soft parts Working my way to the bone There's a pressure behind my eyes Like someone's trying to push Them out from inside Or maybe pull them Back into my skull I can't tell the difference anymore Between pushing and pulling Holding on and letting go Staying and leaving Alive and Dead My thoughts are a traffic jam Every single one trying to exit at once They're all going in Different directions And none of them know The destination Just that they need to get there Now Immediately Yesterday The space between my Shoulder blades feels like it's been Hollowed out with a spoon Scooped clean and left empty Somehow still heavy Like someone filled the Cavity with lead Regret The weight of every word I never said My jaw aches from clenching Teeth grinding down to powder Tongue swollen from being bitten To keep from screaming Speaking Existing out loud There's a vibration in my sternum Like a phone set to silent A constant buzz that makes My whole chest cavity hum With something that might be rage Grief Or both Braided together so tightly They've become the same thing My fingernails have left Half-moons in my palms Little red parentheses Marking where I've tried to Hold myself together by squeezing So hard my hands went numb But numb isn't the same as gone And together isn't the same as whole I'm a live wire in a puddle Dangerous and drowning Sparking and sinking All at once Forever
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Sep 28, 2025
Sep 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM UTC
Pressure
My throat is a battlefield Where screams go to die They crawl up like Spiders with broken legs Then fall back down Into my chest cavity Banging against my ribs Like caged birds Until their wings snap And feathers clog my lungs My hands are earthquakes That never stop Fingers twitching like Live wires against my skin I press them into my thighs And bruises bloom in the form of Purple flowers watered by adrenaline The shaking moves inward My bones rattle like Wind chimes in a hurricane My heartbeat is a drum corps Marching through my temples I can't tell if it's love Or terror anymore A relentless percussion That makes my vision blur At the edges like watercolour Left in rain My inner child is screaming Inside my skull Her voice is sandpaper Scraping against bone She claws at the inside of my throat Until her fingernails break off And scatter like shrapnel Through my bloodstream She's trying to tear her way out Through my mouth I swallow her back down Drowning her in my stomach acid My skin doesn't fit anymore It's two sizes too small And made of barbed wire Every breath stretches it tighter I swear I can feel it Splitting at the seams Revealing something underneath That doesn't have a name I'm simultaneously too much And not enough My body is a contradiction of physics Expanding and collapsing In the same instant Like a star dying in real time The explosion is happening Inside my chest The implosion is happening Behind my eyes And I can't tell which direction Is up anymore Time moves like molasses in winter Thick Slow Suffocating But also like lightning Split-second and blinding Past Present And future Collapse into this single moment I'm everywhere I've ever been And nowhere I want to stay My breath comes in gasps That taste like copper Like I've been chewing on Pennies or blood Or maybe both Maybe I've been eating myself alive Starting with the soft parts Working my way to the bone There's a pressure behind my eyes Like someone's trying to push Them out from inside Or maybe pull them Back into my skull I can't tell the difference anymore Between pushing and pulling Holding on and letting go Staying and leaving Alive and Dead My thoughts are a traffic jam Every single one trying to exit at once They're all going in Different directions And none of them know The destination Just that they need to get there Now Immediately Yesterday The space between my Shoulder blades feels like it's been Hollowed out with a spoon Scooped clean and left empty Somehow still heavy Like someone filled the Cavity with lead Regret The weight of every word I never said My jaw aches from clenching Teeth grinding down to powder Tongue swollen from being bitten To keep from screaming Speaking Existing out loud There's a vibration in my sternum Like a phone set to silent A constant buzz that makes My whole chest cavity hum With something that might be rage Grief Or both Braided together so tightly They've become the same thing My fingernails have left Half-moons in my palms Little red parentheses Marking where I've tried to Hold myself together by squeezing So hard my hands went numb But numb isn't the same as gone And together isn't the same as whole I'm a live wire in a puddle Dangerous and drowning Sparking and sinking All at once Forever
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I may talk a lot on the outside, But deep down, I have a lot of secrets, The untold things I never wish to tell, Many secrets that I claim to myself. I smile a lot on the outside, even though Deep inside, I've never done so, Because deep within, I am a different person, A person whom you will never know. I am nice to a lot of people on the outside, But believe me, I've murdered every single one of them on the inside, A psychopath I am very deep within, Very different from my outer being. Partying and socialising is not my thing, Neither is teamwork or collaborating, Lonely I am, very deep within, And alone I always wish to be. The dark evil has conquered my mind, And the goodwill refuges on the surface outside, I do not tend to fight my evil within, Because it's who I've always been. I am not my true self, The person you see on the outside, Because deep down, I am a different person, The person you'd never wish to meet.
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Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019 at 1:53 AM UTC
Deep down I Am a Different Person
. It’s like I don’t know why I search for answers , when I know my heart wants nothing to do with life. Even mustering words to be noticed doesn’t matter. Anyone can say anything, truth is life is unfair, we just want to squeeze some false hope out of it. I hate myself, and I hate people. but as time passes I lose my state of thought, now I don’t even respond to pain like I use to. I just let it soak in, I don’t eat like I use to , I just let my stomach feed off of me, I don’t speak to anyone anymore, I just stare at them and pretend the voices is some eyrie soul telling me to end my life. We hold on to life because we don’t know what’s going to happen. As I slip away day by day in my thoughts I find I’m dying slowly. Slavery was around the corner. The world is not over it. I won’t speak of power, who cares who wants it. All I want is the same as you , to forget everything and not forget how much I hate being alive , I have no friends I don’t want any, I don’t see family I don’t want any. Alone makes you crazy, I talk to myself, and I bleed. When you become lost. Nothing matters what ppl say. Cause everyone is a hypocrite me too . Hope you find a way to live. If you have to go then sit and pray to anything , the devil God the plants pray to the insects that bit you. Just find energy to deter your mind. Because you will do it **** your soul then you will **** yourself. Don’t research anything on the internet it’s designed to make you wanna die more. Nothing can help you in life when you give up. That doesn’t mean nature cannot help. Hug a tree , lie in dirt and roll and scream out loud make the world hear you. If your ashamed to do any of this then you haven’t reached the stage of suicide you just feel life is unfair and wanna die. For me , im crazy and won’t accept help, Why is like this, because all I see is slavery in life. Freedom is there but you suffer if you don’t input to society , so be here if you want go if you want. Stop worrying about who has the better answer for your problems , none of them can help you. Not even me, so die if you want live if you want post a message about dying if you want. You will still feel the same. I pray to the universe that the strings of your life be plucked differently so that your burdens in thought will fight for you and not against you. L.S.
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Mar 2, 2025
Mar 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM UTC
Lost soul
. It’s like I don’t know why I search for answers , when I know my heart wants nothing to do with life. Even mustering words to be noticed doesn’t matter. Anyone can say anything, truth is life is unfair, we just want to squeeze some false hope out of it. I hate myself, and I hate people. but as time passes I lose my state of thought, now I don’t even respond to pain like I use to. I just let it soak in, I don’t eat like I use to , I just let my stomach feed off of me, I don’t speak to anyone anymore, I just stare at them and pretend the voices is some eyrie soul telling me to end my life. We hold on to life because we don’t know what’s going to happen. As I slip away day by day in my thoughts I find I’m dying slowly. Slavery was around the corner. The world is not over it. I won’t speak of power, who cares who wants it. All I want is the same as you , to forget everything and not forget how much I hate being alive , I have no friends I don’t want any, I don’t see family I don’t want any. Alone makes you crazy, I talk to myself, and I bleed. When you become lost. Nothing matters what ppl say. Cause everyone is a hypocrite me too . Hope you find a way to live. If you have to go then sit and pray to anything , the devil God the plants pray to the insects that bit you. Just find energy to deter your mind. Because you will do it **** your soul then you will **** yourself. Don’t research anything on the internet it’s designed to make you wanna die more. Nothing can help you in life when you give up. That doesn’t mean nature cannot help. Hug a tree , lie in dirt and roll and scream out loud make the world hear you. If your ashamed to do any of this then you haven’t reached the stage of suicide you just feel life is unfair and wanna die. For me , im crazy and won’t accept help, Why is like this, because all I see is slavery in life. Freedom is there but you suffer if you don’t input to society , so be here if you want go if you want. Stop worrying about who has the better answer for your problems , none of them can help you. Not even me, so die if you want live if you want post a message about dying if you want. You will still feel the same. I pray to the universe that the strings of your life be plucked differently so that your burdens in thought will fight for you and not against you. L.S.
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**Breathe, relax, slowing sinking beneath the waves of fear and insecurity, realizing the deeper you go under, the safer you feel.** *Just go with the current, don't try to force it, relax, and trust it... Watch the beauty unfold.* **As you dive deep down, into a world unknown by many, you discover possibilities, you never sought possible.** *The cold and warmth work in unison, The beauty, and the beast, side by side, into a world unlike no other, Take a breath, dive deep down.* **Watch as the bubbles ascend above your head, letting all your worries go with it, each breath, easing your mind, and relaxing your body.** *Only to emerge from the deep blue, looking to land on one side, and open, infinite possibilities on the other, so much to explore, in so little time...* **Deep down we dive, searching and looking, for new possibilities, endless excitement for years to come.** Dive Deep Down Into The Deep Blue <3
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Aug 3, 2016
Aug 3, 2016 at 2:34 PM UTC
Deep Down