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The hush of blankets over sheets is not a comfort to me. Push it off later and later until he tells me he’ll make it himself. Reflexively, I take this pardon selfishly. For getting up feels a lot like giving in, and when I lay down I know the ache will begin again. Here’s the trend: I’ll close my eyes but all too soon I’ll open them— that’s the danger in my head, sometimes I wish I never had to open them. Don’t tell Melanie, It’ll turn into a thing and then she will turn to her notes and tell me that ideation is a self fulfilling prophecy. But the prophecy is a part of me, to separate it won’t turn it to nothing. I promise you I’m trying but the answer is hidden under lock and key. He’s pulling back the covers; expects me to slip under. But in sleep, I do not find comfort.
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Nov 12, 2025
Nov 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM UTC
I Hate Making the Bed
Unrelatedly, I’ve lost my appetite.
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Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM UTC
To eat is to live;
What world do you speak of That fetishizes the mother And turns it’s back on the infant Pursing Suckling Like a bee on a Carmellia in July What is inside of me that hasn’t Already been emptied? Do you every wonder, Why, we mothers Bake our children cookies Only to wrap our heads in cloth? And our husbands, God rest their souls, Will burn down the walls To put out the fire
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Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023 at 11:04 AM UTC
Us Mothers
Have you ever drowned before...? Have you ever been scared that you might? Have you felt the water wash over your face, and watched as mid-day fades to night? That is what depression feels like. It starts with swimming too far out and suddenly realizing you're caught in the waves. But before you even begin to drown, the panic settles in as you picture your grave. You cry out for help, and struggle for one deep breath, but the waves are strong and the water is deaf. You start to reminisce about all the memories shared with the ones you love so much. You realize that you're scared. At this point as you're drowning, all hope seems to have disappeared. Now you await death alone, thinking your conscious is clear. But instead of deadly waves, It's just you and a gun. You think this is where the drowning ends, but it's only just begun.
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Jan 1, 2022
Jan 1, 2022 at 4:14 AM UTC
Drowning
Calling was the void Wondrous, fearful, cavernous From within her mind
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Jul 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021 at 7:28 PM UTC
Do it
Found me out in the Sycamore tree, swaying soft On an evening breeze
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Jul 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021 at 7:27 PM UTC
Pink bark
I don’t need you to solve my problems Just listen to me while I cry I don’t need you to give your life Just love me when I want to die Give me time to process Give me time to breath Promise that you’ll hold me Promise you won’t leave I just need some time to grieve for The life I lost when I was young I just need some time to grieve for All the songs I’ve left unsung When we wake up in the morning As the sun peaks through the trees The birds sing out their warning As the wind rustles through the leaves I can feel my heart a glowing As you kiss me on the cheek Like a tree I have been growing Of my sorrows let me speak I just need some time to grieve for The life I lost when I was young I just need some time to grieve for All the songs I’ve left unsung When the day is gone And we’re done with the sun Kiss me on my head As I sink into the bed As the sky’s turn red And I’m wishing I was dead You can rock me to sleep With the nightmares I keep And I’ll dream of songs unsung And I’ll dream of songs unsung
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Jul 16, 2021
Jul 16, 2021 at 5:40 PM UTC
Songs Unsung
Hammered the last Nail in my coffin From the inside sticking out For some unfortunate Future soles' finding
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Feb 10, 2021
Feb 10, 2021 at 11:26 AM UTC
replaceable
#* Ideas grew old Many times retold Refurbished Designs on the web The spider knew its craft The fly well caught Adorned as centre piece Reroofed and rebuilt The origins restored Lotus grew manifold Memories of the old pond Settled in the wet mud Sliding over the new lotus leaves Everlasting the ideation The ideas old, retold Refurbished*#
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Jan 28, 2021
Jan 28, 2021 at 12:08 PM UTC
Ideation
We had good *** but that’s about it We argue over text about stupid **** You we’re insecure about your **** I think it made you a ***** Your insecurities Overwhelmed me You’re demons overran you Boy I just couldn’t stand you I don’t wanna see you any more You crashed my car then ****** a ***** I don’t blame her tho This is all on you I dont think you know How the things you do Affect those around  you Like how you ****** that girl in my bed Or how your lies were in everything you never said How you criticized me for wanting to be dead Why don’t you pull the trigger put a bullet through my head Would’ve been better than what you did When you put that cigarette out on my shoulder Looked you in the eyes While I felt it smolder Said it was fine You didn’t commit a crime Cause I wanted it so bad Like you where always mad at me for my loyalty You could never trust You were always tryina bust All you had for me was lust She said you couldn’t have me That made you want me so much Now and then I cringe at how I responded to your touch I was just tryina binge Watch some anime Then you took that away You forced me to cuddle You grabbed my hair Turned me to a puddle Dissociated Comatose baby Protective personalities Malfunctioning realities Could this really be happening I’m watching from the ceiling again That’s not my body this is all pretend Oh Geo, I don’t miss you so I’m so glad to see you go Now I finally have control
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Oct 12, 2020
Oct 12, 2020 at 3:18 PM UTC
I don’t miss you so
This is it the end of the high The start of the low I can see it Through death's sullen eyes The yearning for my soul And perhaps I'll waltz in death's arms Just not close enough for a kiss
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May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 at 3:46 AM UTC
Eyes
_tw suicidal fantasy_ This is the last time The knife will never again leave its drawer Not after tonight Not by my hand I’ll take it out Unsheathe the tool of my end I just... I just wanna... Hold it against my skin There will be no restraint Not this time I’ll dig it in as deep as I can bear Tear a horrible **** in my arm I wanna feel the agony Watch myself bleed out Until it gets foggy Until the room starts to sway Then, I can lay myself down One last time.
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Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020 at 1:08 AM UTC
The Last Time
The human appetite To **** the pain to not experience any dis- comfort The human appetite to run a-way far, away are seeds planted from our footsteps The more we run the bigger the plant, thump! says despair the hungrier we get the greater the ruin in our run Don't avoid the burdens of engaging lost plans, find again your A,B,C's, a friendly classmate, your sister or others. Other Wise, the human starves its self in a marathon by sealing off mouths. Alimentary, Leaving one, you, her, they, them, in the hunger cycle to feed then. crushed left over a lean-to void, And endless hunger Elementary words Don't avoid pain. I L.o.v.e and Y.o.u It requires a handshake a' la carte, Indulge in nutrient rich Appetites The elementary remedy is not in the crash diet. Come home now. Ring a bell Your table is set I am here It's time for dinner.
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Aug 19, 2019
Aug 19, 2019 at 2:01 PM UTC
Suicide Ideation's Hunger
It sits in my stomach like a pile of rocks, chases the beats of my heart until it feels like it might stop, electrocutes my blood and shoots lightning through my bones, pours gunpowder on my lungs after a shot right to the chest,   and inside my shaking limbs and numbing skin, my insides are spinning, an earthquake has just begun. It grips me tighter than my hands clasped together, every muscle straining, every fiber tensed, and waits, sharper than teeth clenching on the flesh of what’s left of my humanity, it waits, to tear me apart. In public spaces, the crowds and faces squeeze the life out of me. Watered-down pain, my teeth make an appearance, the forced laugh exhales deeply but fails to inhale again. Its bubbling up, it wants to escape I don't know how long I can hold it I'm not that strong I want control over it But it consumes me. I count to three tell myself I’m okay “You’re fine You’re fine You’re fine” Still, I can barely breathe. My eyes I cannot tame, I hold them back but they betray me, So I swallow all I can, engulfing my energy until I’m able to leave. In the quiet I sink in my pillow, Like a ship at sea caught in a storm, Filling with rain. My hand grips over my mouth I’m quieter than a mouse The windows are open and crickets are chirping, and my head tries to disassemble the bomb alleviate the pressure of silent breathless screams, before it explodes. After the war My eyes are ****** and burn and I curl up in a ball wrap myself tight let the fan that swirls slower than my pain dry my eyes steady my shaking remind me to take in the air it circulates when I stop breathing, when I’m limp and weak and still, It whispers “shhh” and lullabies me to sleep. The sleep won’t last and I jolt awake with nausea so strong stomach still churning head still spinning chest still hosting a circus but I am still curled up the fan still singing. It rains a little more until I drift under to be reminded again the next hour. Sometimes I think how peaceful it would be to have that powerful silence: my cells would stop dividing brain would stop lying I would stop denying all the pain that has been caused this is just a reckless fantasy a way to elude one’s own reality so I choose not the silence of rest but the silence of war. I will keep fighting my war so no war is created because of me.
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Aug 12, 2019
Aug 12, 2019 at 5:28 PM UTC
W h a t D o e s I t F e e l L i k e ?
It sits in my stomach like a pile of rocks, chases the beats of my heart until it feels like it might stop, electrocutes my blood and shoots lightning through my bones, pours gunpowder on my lungs after a shot right to the chest,   and inside my shaking limbs and numbing skin, my insides are spinning, an earthquake has just begun. It grips me tighter than my hands clasped together, every muscle straining, every fiber tensed, and waits, sharper than teeth clenching on the flesh of what’s left of my humanity, it waits, to tear me apart. In public spaces, the crowds and faces squeeze the life out of me. Watered-down pain, my teeth make an appearance, the forced laugh exhales deeply but fails to inhale again. Its bubbling up, it wants to escape I don't know how long I can hold it I'm not that strong I want control over it But it consumes me. I count to three tell myself I’m okay “You’re fine You’re fine You’re fine” Still, I can barely breathe. My eyes I cannot tame, I hold them back but they betray me, So I swallow all I can, engulfing my energy until I’m able to leave. In the quiet I sink in my pillow, Like a ship at sea caught in a storm, Filling with rain. My hand grips over my mouth I’m quieter than a mouse The windows are open and crickets are chirping, and my head tries to disassemble the bomb alleviate the pressure of silent breathless screams, before it explodes. After the war My eyes are ****** and burn and I curl up in a ball wrap myself tight let the fan that swirls slower than my pain dry my eyes steady my shaking remind me to take in the air it circulates when I stop breathing, when I’m limp and weak and still, It whispers “shhh” and lullabies me to sleep. The sleep won’t last and I jolt awake with nausea so strong stomach still churning head still spinning chest still hosting a circus but I am still curled up the fan still singing. It rains a little more until I drift under to be reminded again the next hour. Sometimes I think how peaceful it would be to have that powerful silence: my cells would stop dividing brain would stop lying I would stop denying all the pain that has been caused this is just a reckless fantasy a way to elude one’s own reality so I choose not the silence of rest but the silence of war. I will keep fighting my war so no war is created because of me.
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