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 Jan 20 April
BipolarBear
First comes flame; your beating heart sets alight.
Then comes rain; relieving the raging pain.
But now barely breathing, you feel nothing.
Your blackened heart pauses, before collapsing.
Poem inspired by the life cycle of a star and the stages of depression without the right intervention. The debilitating pain, and the coping mechanisms.
 Jan 20 April
BipolarBear
First the radicle must break through the shell.
Then feel the weight of the soil where she fell.
She must reach out, search the darkness for light.
In order to grow - bud, blossom and thrive.
Phases of recovery:
1. Recognize your trial, look to get through it
2. Experience the negative emotions
3. Look for meaning behind the experience
4. Grow from the pain
 Jan 20 April
Bekah Halle
Dry
 Jan 20 April
Bekah Halle
Dry
Where have you gone, words?
She vanished like vapour;
No longer lingers like a whisper from my perception, but she girds
Them. She used to pour out endlessly,
flowing like a babbling brook.
Now, dry, like the earth before conception. 
Parched, she sits desolately,
Crying out Spirit fill anew!
I am trying to practice self-love and compassion, being present in this state, notice the sensations and go back over old writes for inspiration.
 Jan 20 April
BipolarBear
You made me a poet my dear;
forever inspired with you near.
Alas, you took it all and left -
my rhyming words your greatest theft.
 Jan 20 April
BipolarBear
Everything feels intense,
reality tends to bend.
I know, somewhere, deep down,
the world will come to end.  

I know that I would live,
if for the best you went.
My heart I must not give,
to a mere good friend.

We know we're not enough.
This my declaration:
A smile is not your love,
kindness no invitation.
Nov draft :)
 Jan 20 April
Liana
Even when
The world seems down
Your dog
Will always jump up
To greet you at the door
Happy to see see you
And loving you unconditionally

And currently
That is the biggest comfort
In the world
Well, that and oblivion

(This note was written by a life-sized garden gnome putting a mini human in its front yard. 🍐)
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