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"relapsed" poems
(gulp) Couldn’t resist a minute more. Relapse. I again… After six months sober... Here. In this pain I know all too well. Ten years lost to this drug my veins ache for. First breath in the morning and last thought at night, all consumed by it. Every cell in me craves it. That physical euphoria my body portraits. Feels like someone has poured pure joy into every single muscle and fiber of my being. It makes me feel so content Every single bit of me is singing and buzzing with life and love. It's like the ecstasy of ******* that first blissful, pleasurable pulsation of endorphins and serotonin. This is what I feel when I first take LOVE. And then... And then, the honeymoon stage is over. Fights erupt. Never-ending debates. Miscommunications. Misperceptions. No trust. Accusations. Lies. “I’m done...” … Again, it feels like a part of my soul is leaving my body. Again, sitting here numb. A toxic love... I’m addicted to, And there’s no way around it. It’s already deep intertwined with my veins. Yet, no matter the toxic, tragic event that happened before, I sit here, and I want nothing more than to spend my life next to this soul. To see his eyes unchanged as the skin around it wrinkles and grows old is what my heart will always desire— to stare at those eyes for the rest of eternity. Dead air… So here I’ll wait, until you decided to come into my life again and repeat this déjà vu.
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Feb 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018 at 8:54 PM UTC
Relapsed
last year i promised myself that i would never be sad anymore. but boy did i break that promise i sunk back into anorexia i relapsed to selfharm i became suicidal but once again i promised myself to be happy. but everytime relapses came faster and they were a lot stronger last week i made the same promise. and here i am in my bed writing the same suicide notes over and over again happiness just isn't for me
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Apr 14, 2015
Apr 14, 2015 at 12:10 PM UTC
Broken promise
I relapsed last night As the knife met my skin and introduced itself Over and over again. I'm disappointed with myself I shouldn't harm my skin I'm losing every battle Because I refuse to win. - N. Morin
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Mar 20, 2015
Mar 20, 2015 at 12:56 PM UTC
Refuse To Lose
I haven't done it in a while, But seeing the faded outline of my friends, The scars that make me feel calm, Made me want them back I used to run my fingers along the cuts As if I was reading braille to soothe my head; Because I felt like those fresh wounds, Were my only friends along with my blades Those blades and the scars that accompanied them were something I could count on, No matter how bad my day was I could cry all night And sit in the bathroom mirror and talk to myself as I stared into my own eyes Letting my blade dance across my skin, Leaving a beautiful red trail; The stinging sensation that came after that turned into the blissful pleasure, That wonderful feeling I once loved was something I couldn't remember Until today; I wasn't even sad at the moment It was just something my mind drove me to do out of sheer nostalgia Because seeing the faded outlines of my scars Counting each one replaying the night I created them And remembering how close they were to me and that they were once my friends Brought it all back; So I threw a little self-harm depression party once again, I created this little get together And invited those old friends and demons of mine Where my blade once again danced And my scars then cried red; Where I stared into my dark chocolate brown eyes And let tears of my own claw their way out; Where I smiled and laughed, talking to myself saying how much I missed the stinging pleasure And relapsed again for the first time in a while I thought about how what I was doing was something so wrong And I told myself I was sadistic for laughing because I missed the sensation But my god does it feel so right I guess that's why so many people Do all these things that slowly **** them; Just as I do with self-harm...
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Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 3:48 PM UTC
Wrong
I haven't done it in a while, But seeing the faded outline of my friends, The scars that make me feel calm, Made me want them back I used to run my fingers along the cuts As if I was reading braille to soothe my head; Because I felt like those fresh wounds, Were my only friends along with my blades Those blades and the scars that accompanied them were something I could count on, No matter how bad my day was I could cry all night And sit in the bathroom mirror and talk to myself as I stared into my own eyes Letting my blade dance across my skin, Leaving a beautiful red trail; The stinging sensation that came after that turned into the blissful pleasure, That wonderful feeling I once loved was something I couldn't remember Until today; I wasn't even sad at the moment It was just something my mind drove me to do out of sheer nostalgia Because seeing the faded outlines of my scars Counting each one replaying the night I created them And remembering how close they were to me and that they were once my friends Brought it all back; So I threw a little self-harm depression party once again, I created this little get together And invited those old friends and demons of mine Where my blade once again danced And my scars then cried red; Where I stared into my dark chocolate brown eyes And let tears of my own claw their way out; Where I smiled and laughed, talking to myself saying how much I missed the stinging pleasure And relapsed again for the first time in a while I thought about how what I was doing was something so wrong And I told myself I was sadistic for laughing because I missed the sensation But my god does it feel so right I guess that's why so many people Do all these things that slowly **** them; Just as I do with self-harm...
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I have so much love to give What is this life If I cannot share it with someone What is this life If all of this love I have Is all wasted just on little old me. In this life passion is the why And you are the how But who are you And how can I life this life Without you by my side? I miss making dinner and the late night tickle fights More than that I miss the intimacy I miss the foot rubs after a day at work I miss the way you're a dork I miss loving someone. I am meant to love I meant to give it up But then I relapsed and fell It was then I realized that I'm miserable Without this funny thing called "love". Now society tells me to be a strong woman But, who says I can't be strong Along with someone Be stronger together Ordinary apart, extraordinary together That is way I want But, it is too much to ask. So I'll have all of this love to give And just wait for the next who is worth of it.
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Dec 14, 2013
Dec 14, 2013 at 9:47 PM UTC
So Much Love to Give
You had a great life ahead of you Knew exactly what you were gonna do But the higher you rose, the further you fall Now you realize you've lost it all. 'Cause when you stuck that needle in your arm You got caught up in an evil demon's charm. Now the drug's the master of your mind Ruining all that it shall find The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You cower an quake with endless fright Never again will you see the light The high has worn off, you feel the pain Hurry it up, shoot it up again You crave the fix, You're feeling sick, You need it quick, Your shoulders shake and quiver When you finally get your fix The pleasure makes you shiver The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane. Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You say you're gonna quit But there's a war inside your head Should you cave and take a hit Or something else instead You know you need to get clean soon Or else you'll soon be dead Now in rehab, darkness is all you see. The dark white walls surrounding you. Only during sleep your mind is free. The withdrawal is killing you, Only comfort is how good it will be When your tired mind is free. The drugs are rotting out your brain  Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. It was going good. You'd kicked the habit Then you relapsed And your life collapsed    Your psyche snapped And now you're trapped In an endless cycle . Swimming in misery Darkness imprisons you Pain and loathing all you see While praying to god on bended knee To let the pain and misery end. The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. Your sanity is shattered. You're broken and battered Lost everything that mattered Curl up and stare at the sky Kiss your old life goodbye Curl up and wait to die The drugs killed and ruined your life You now stand on the edge of a knife While the demon runs through your veins
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Sep 24, 2019
Sep 24, 2019 at 1:22 PM UTC
Demon’s Charm. (Battle Lost)
You had a great life ahead of you Knew exactly what you were gonna do But the higher you rose, the further you fall Now you realize you've lost it all. 'Cause when you stuck that needle in your arm You got caught up in an evil demon's charm. Now the drug's the master of your mind Ruining all that it shall find The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You cower an quake with endless fright Never again will you see the light The high has worn off, you feel the pain Hurry it up, shoot it up again You crave the fix, You're feeling sick, You need it quick, Your shoulders shake and quiver When you finally get your fix The pleasure makes you shiver The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane. Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. You say you're gonna quit But there's a war inside your head Should you cave and take a hit Or something else instead You know you need to get clean soon Or else you'll soon be dead Now in rehab, darkness is all you see. The dark white walls surrounding you. Only during sleep your mind is free. The withdrawal is killing you, Only comfort is how good it will be When your tired mind is free. The drugs are rotting out your brain  Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. It was going good. You'd kicked the habit Then you relapsed And your life collapsed    Your psyche snapped And now you're trapped In an endless cycle . Swimming in misery Darkness imprisons you Pain and loathing all you see While praying to god on bended knee To let the pain and misery end. The drugs are rotting out your brain Driving you insane Addiction's locked you down in chains So the demon takes the reins Demon's Charm ruling you Demon's Charm ruining you Demon's Charm killing you Demon's Charm rotting out your brain. Your sanity is shattered. You're broken and battered Lost everything that mattered Curl up and stare at the sky Kiss your old life goodbye Curl up and wait to die The drugs killed and ruined your life You now stand on the edge of a knife While the demon runs through your veins
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Like a drug addict I've gone to rehab and rehab and rehab. I've relapsed and relapsed and relapsed. Like a drug addict I've learned to survive Without those chemicals mixing signals in my brain. I've learned that I can get by Without the nicotine, the alcohol, the **** the ******* I can get by Without the little spike of adrenaline I feel when I'm in the same room as them. Like a drug addict, I've learned to survive When you are not in the room I've learned to get by without the spike of adrenaline I feel when you get close enough to touch me Like a drug addict I went through withdrawals Because the doctors say a psychological addiction Is worse than a physical addiction. Like a drug addict My only name is anonymous Unless it is accompanied by you.
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 12:11 PM UTC
Anonymous
this year: the one person i thought was my soulmate left my life without so much as one word i fell out of love with the first girl i fell in love with i was reunited with someone i hoped would be my new mother i was repeatedly disappointed i met the most amazing friend i only ever imagined having i quit my job i got a new job i fell in love with a pathological liar i went to my grandfather's funeral i was lied to by the pathological liar (surprise!) i was there for her when she went to detox i was there for her when she relapsed i had a rather epiphanic moment where i was brought to inexplicable sobs and repeated screams  on my knees saying "help me" in desperate hopes of being heard by some unknowable God i quit the new job and got hired back at the old one i lost trust in all humans, including myself i moved in with my dad i got to know the depths of fragility i was manipulated and in turn, i manipulated i had random panic attacks i met Regina Spektor i wrote poems i wrote songs i painted i read books i drank a lot of coffee i smoked many cigarettes i laughed less i cried less i felt less i denied anti-depressants i worked on letting go of unhealthy persons, including my mother which lead to learning the repetitive lesson that overnight success does not exist i booked a flight to Mississippi i learned how to be alone without being lonely i became even more infatuated with the moon i wanted to die, i'm still alive. i made mistakes, i learned from them. this year has been a whirlwind, a teenage drama gone half right topped with a questionable ending 2013, here i come.
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Dec 30, 2012
Dec 30, 2012 at 3:13 AM UTC
a year in a poem
this year: the one person i thought was my soulmate left my life without so much as one word i fell out of love with the first girl i fell in love with i was reunited with someone i hoped would be my new mother i was repeatedly disappointed i met the most amazing friend i only ever imagined having i quit my job i got a new job i fell in love with a pathological liar i went to my grandfather's funeral i was lied to by the pathological liar (surprise!) i was there for her when she went to detox i was there for her when she relapsed i had a rather epiphanic moment where i was brought to inexplicable sobs and repeated screams  on my knees saying "help me" in desperate hopes of being heard by some unknowable God i quit the new job and got hired back at the old one i lost trust in all humans, including myself i moved in with my dad i got to know the depths of fragility i was manipulated and in turn, i manipulated i had random panic attacks i met Regina Spektor i wrote poems i wrote songs i painted i read books i drank a lot of coffee i smoked many cigarettes i laughed less i cried less i felt less i denied anti-depressants i worked on letting go of unhealthy persons, including my mother which lead to learning the repetitive lesson that overnight success does not exist i booked a flight to Mississippi i learned how to be alone without being lonely i became even more infatuated with the moon i wanted to die, i'm still alive. i made mistakes, i learned from them. this year has been a whirlwind, a teenage drama gone half right topped with a questionable ending 2013, here i come.
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-A Psalm Of Johnson When He Relapsed Back Into A Shameful Sin Wash my filthy iniquity with your word off my skin, And Lead me with your hand back on the straight path free of sin.
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Jul 10, 2021
Jul 10, 2021 at 9:17 PM UTC
Recovered Fragments: Newly Discovered Papyrus 61
I have this little pencil pouch that I stuff scraps of paper in, "happy memories," and when I'm feeling down I'll reach in, swish them around, and pull out a few to remind me of better times. They're all kinds of memories: big, significant moments, funny or sweet quotes, little nothings I don't even remember until I read them later. Today one was, "I threw away my last two blades 6.12.14" Now, this one was pretty **** major. I used to have cutting kits, blades hidden everywhere, and one always      always on my person, just in case I needed it quick. I remember my first cut with scary clarity. I was ten. I'm twenty-six now. Sixteen years I've been haphazardly coping in all the wrong ways. More than half of my life was consumed with the evolution of my methods. Maybe you can understand, just a little bit, how incredibly terrified and yet empowered I felt on 6.12.14 when I opened my palm and watched those last two faulty escapes fall into the trash. Every day since has been a struggle, but I haven't relapsed once. I've thought about it, dear lord have I thought about it, but I've refrained, forced to just rub the scars running across my porcelain skin. I feel like I've been battling these hellish urges forever, so when I opened that slip of paper and read it, comprehended the date, I wasn't proud at all. 6.12.14 I broke down, instant tears. All this struggling I've been doing, and it hasn't even been two months. Not even two measly ******* months. If this is what "staying clean" from my ******** addiction feels like in just the first month and a half, I'm not going to make it.
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Aug 2, 2014
Aug 2, 2014 at 1:42 PM UTC
Struggling
I have this little pencil pouch that I stuff scraps of paper in, "happy memories," and when I'm feeling down I'll reach in, swish them around, and pull out a few to remind me of better times. They're all kinds of memories: big, significant moments, funny or sweet quotes, little nothings I don't even remember until I read them later. Today one was, "I threw away my last two blades 6.12.14" Now, this one was pretty **** major. I used to have cutting kits, blades hidden everywhere, and one always      always on my person, just in case I needed it quick. I remember my first cut with scary clarity. I was ten. I'm twenty-six now. Sixteen years I've been haphazardly coping in all the wrong ways. More than half of my life was consumed with the evolution of my methods. Maybe you can understand, just a little bit, how incredibly terrified and yet empowered I felt on 6.12.14 when I opened my palm and watched those last two faulty escapes fall into the trash. Every day since has been a struggle, but I haven't relapsed once. I've thought about it, dear lord have I thought about it, but I've refrained, forced to just rub the scars running across my porcelain skin. I feel like I've been battling these hellish urges forever, so when I opened that slip of paper and read it, comprehended the date, I wasn't proud at all. 6.12.14 I broke down, instant tears. All this struggling I've been doing, and it hasn't even been two months. Not even two measly ******* months. If this is what "staying clean" from my ******** addiction feels like in just the first month and a half, I'm not going to make it.
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*Like all beautiful things, love came, Showered sweet dreams from stars above, One day, he left without my name Leaving me like a mourning dove. What are vows if they are relapsed? That’s how this heart gently collapsed. Glass broken into sore pieces, Lived my days in poison kisses.*
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Apr 5, 2015
Apr 5, 2015 at 8:12 AM UTC
Poison Kisses
Earlier I relapsed Cutting away my woes and letting my pain seep out; But then I stopped, Realizing how many promises I was breaking And how many hearts I was shattering I felt weak in my knees Falling to the ground I cried Ashamed and guilty How could I do such a thing to those I love? Panic set in, I can't let anyone know Because I don't want to go back to that hell That cursed and wretched psychiatric hospital That's more like a prison with schedules and timed everything; Painted over windows and white walls that hold tallies of torturous days and child-like scribbles That makes it more of a trigger than everything else But soon enough I gathered myself; I took a hot shower, And stood in front of the mirror practicing my smile While I planned what outfits to wear with foundation to hide what I've done So now all is okay and fine, And I'm alright; At least, I think so...
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Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 8:43 PM UTC
Episode
My day wasn't unsuccessful. I got what done what I needed to get done. I think the same song has been on repeat all afternoon. Wine drunk, staring out the window. And I mean really drunk. And I certainly mean really staring. It's so foggy here up on this hill. All you can see is a blur. The very bottom of the blur is orange, But that is just because of the streetlights That are out in the parking lot. The rest of the blur is purple, But an orange-y purple. It kind of hurts your eyes to look at it. But it is beautiful and sad, And not sad like how your mother hits you Or your cat gets cancer Or you relapsed after four months. It's sad like when you realize You're 4/5ths through an amazing movie, Or when you see a surprise military homecoming Or you unpack in a new home. My room mate won't be back Until much later. I don't mind. I need some time To get wine drunk and stair out the window. And be sad. But it's not quite as beautiful as the blur. That's okay anyway. I'm in love with my fiance. And my best friend. And my cat. And my little sister. And all my new dresses That I ordered on cyber Monday. I'll be doing just fine when they come in. When I make it through the orange-y purple blur. Pray for me. Because my toes are cold, And so are my arms, and my cheeks, and my chest. But my eyes and my outspoken tongue are on fire. Mark Twain asked this, And now I want to know, too. Why didn't anyone ever pray for Satan? Hundreds of centuries have gone by, And no one prayed for the man Who could have used your kind words The very very most? WHY? No one is praying for Satan, Someone better pray for me. Maybe one of your gods will take pity. None of mine have. But they say I'll be doing just fine when those dresses come in. You know? When I make it through the blur.
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Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 at 5:05 PM UTC
Just A Thursday
My day wasn't unsuccessful. I got what done what I needed to get done. I think the same song has been on repeat all afternoon. Wine drunk, staring out the window. And I mean really drunk. And I certainly mean really staring. It's so foggy here up on this hill. All you can see is a blur. The very bottom of the blur is orange, But that is just because of the streetlights That are out in the parking lot. The rest of the blur is purple, But an orange-y purple. It kind of hurts your eyes to look at it. But it is beautiful and sad, And not sad like how your mother hits you Or your cat gets cancer Or you relapsed after four months. It's sad like when you realize You're 4/5ths through an amazing movie, Or when you see a surprise military homecoming Or you unpack in a new home. My room mate won't be back Until much later. I don't mind. I need some time To get wine drunk and stair out the window. And be sad. But it's not quite as beautiful as the blur. That's okay anyway. I'm in love with my fiance. And my best friend. And my cat. And my little sister. And all my new dresses That I ordered on cyber Monday. I'll be doing just fine when they come in. When I make it through the orange-y purple blur. Pray for me. Because my toes are cold, And so are my arms, and my cheeks, and my chest. But my eyes and my outspoken tongue are on fire. Mark Twain asked this, And now I want to know, too. Why didn't anyone ever pray for Satan? Hundreds of centuries have gone by, And no one prayed for the man Who could have used your kind words The very very most? WHY? No one is praying for Satan, Someone better pray for me. Maybe one of your gods will take pity. None of mine have. But they say I'll be doing just fine when those dresses come in. You know? When I make it through the blur.
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Im Losing Myself In My Own Dark Thoughts. Getting Caught Up in A Knot, Then Twirling & Creating Bigger 1s I Need Help, But im Now Alone Don't have A Place To Turn Without Being Judged Or Criticized Reminded Of All My Wrongs And Broken Promises. Of My Dishonesty. I Need Support, The Ones To Speak Positively. The Ones To Tell Me Im Only Human, everyone Makes mistakes. That Everything will be alright. I Relapsed My Thoughts Got The best of me. Yet i Confess & Get Treated Harshly Were in That, is Showing me a reason to Stay sober. Getting Treated Like A Bad person Making me feel all sorts of negative Feelings, is Just going To make me question? Why Should i Be Sober. Confessing Made Everything worse Instead Of Support I Get Thrown Everything i Have done incorrectly.
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Jan 9, 2015
Jan 9, 2015 at 8:01 AM UTC
Im losing me
The day you left me I lost my mind in a bottle of Svedka, And found the old me Hiding in a blade.
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Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 at 3:13 PM UTC
relapsed personality
I once tried to get drunk off of hand sanitizer On a bad night when I yelled at you After you seemed to fall asleep But I think it was the night you relapsed How else would I know How Purell tastes?
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Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 at 8:58 PM UTC
Did You Know?
It was written in the beginning, a beginning before Britain, before folklore, gore and war. A beginning then, when the lords created, decorated and separated the night and also the bright, bright light. Therefore, a delight! In the beginning, creating the seven ways of days and the rays. The birth of earth, the black ravens, the havens and the heavens. A beginning of clean slates, dreams, schemes and themes! As I blink and wink, badly and sadly I think… An ending, with fate or an ending with no ascending or commending date? Let’s debate and negotiate! A beginning, of Pharaohs, their arrows and the sparrows. An ending of sorrow? A beginning, borrowed from our hour’s tomorrow? An ending, I deem, that forever bends, defends, depends, pretends and never, ever seems to end. The heavens specialties and hell’s cruelties. Governments and their restraints! Negative and positive lengths and strengths. A beginning and an ending; betrayed and strayed, long before many of us were to play or say. Stories of cities, glories and their pities! Starving nations and Haitians! Expensive vacations and relations! The elapsed and relapsed! Perhaps, the mishaps and disruption of our corruption’s eruption and ending destruction? Hey! I say, let’s turn a page past the basked, the masked and vast. A fold past the cages that enrage-rage, wage and old age. The detained delights, the petty fights and plights. Why can’t we each reunite? Unite forever! Drop and stop this harm and fight. Fly into the night, together with our almighty arms and mighty charms. Primarily, in the beginning or ending, let us not negatively but too positively and ultimately amend! Children, men and women, amen.
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Feb 8, 2012
Feb 8, 2012 at 8:18 AM UTC
Poem Entitled: "A BEGINNING AND AN ENDING"
It was written in the beginning, a beginning before Britain, before folklore, gore and war. A beginning then, when the lords created, decorated and separated the night and also the bright, bright light. Therefore, a delight! In the beginning, creating the seven ways of days and the rays. The birth of earth, the black ravens, the havens and the heavens. A beginning of clean slates, dreams, schemes and themes! As I blink and wink, badly and sadly I think… An ending, with fate or an ending with no ascending or commending date? Let’s debate and negotiate! A beginning, of Pharaohs, their arrows and the sparrows. An ending of sorrow? A beginning, borrowed from our hour’s tomorrow? An ending, I deem, that forever bends, defends, depends, pretends and never, ever seems to end. The heavens specialties and hell’s cruelties. Governments and their restraints! Negative and positive lengths and strengths. A beginning and an ending; betrayed and strayed, long before many of us were to play or say. Stories of cities, glories and their pities! Starving nations and Haitians! Expensive vacations and relations! The elapsed and relapsed! Perhaps, the mishaps and disruption of our corruption’s eruption and ending destruction? Hey! I say, let’s turn a page past the basked, the masked and vast. A fold past the cages that enrage-rage, wage and old age. The detained delights, the petty fights and plights. Why can’t we each reunite? Unite forever! Drop and stop this harm and fight. Fly into the night, together with our almighty arms and mighty charms. Primarily, in the beginning or ending, let us not negatively but too positively and ultimately amend! Children, men and women, amen.
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*Maybe he lost my number Maybe he forgot where I live Maybe he's out on vacation Maybe he's tied up with classes Maybe he had a relative die Maybe his brother relapsed Maybe he's... still sleeping Maybe he has amnesia              that would explain how              he could just forget everything*
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM UTC
Maybe He's Just Busy
i am the sum of my worst parts. i am best friends with my loathing, i dress all my nightmares in sheep's clothing. i tell my mother they're friends of mine, i tell my mother i am fine. we were terrible actors but, god, were we good at memorizing the lines. but we both know that nothing’s worse than insincerity. i think i was so lost i couldn’t stand being found. it was all i knew, my old paint under the new. you know what it’s like, you get stuck in a sadness so sweet you almost mistake it for something you deserve. you become comfortable. it’s a process, cut my losses relapsed back into my sadness and all my bad habits, begging you to lick the wine and water off my lips, the way you grip my hips, just press me down into the sheets until i don’t exist. we wrote an album full anthems and we couldn’t carry a **** tune. you’re just a big bleeding heart, an open wound of a person and everybody loves you and everybody hates you like the radio hit that made their favorite band big. so this is for all the times you were told to bite your tongue but you were so tired of bleeding. this is for all the times you opened your mouth but never spoke. this is for all the times you talked to fill the air but never really said anything. you are what you think. you are what you say. you are what you do. but, maybe most importantly, you are what you don’t do. because what if icarus had been cautious? what if icarus had never left the ground? i guess one way to love somebody is when they're never around, and i guess there’s people like that; those who only want to hear songs they’ve already heard. there’s people like that, those who don’t want to learn anything that they don’t already know. there’s people like that, those who don’t like to question things. science and god sit at the dinner table as lovers. they say their vows in verse, in a thousand different languages. neither of them have the whole story, but together, i’m told sometimes they make a lot of sense. science and god sit at the dinner table as equals. art and wonder and the human spirit are their children. love may be a myth, but it’s my favorite one. we do not age at the dinner table we do not know hate at the dinner table we spit bullets and grow flowers into vases. we knock elbows, and argue, and love, and reconcile, and praise. we spill wine not blood. we do not know hate at the dinner table. and i find, at the dinner table, seated between past and present between heart-ache and hopefulness between glory and insignificance i am not so lonely.
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Oct 15, 2015
Oct 15, 2015 at 9:59 PM UTC
a tavola non s'invecchia
i am the sum of my worst parts. i am best friends with my loathing, i dress all my nightmares in sheep's clothing. i tell my mother they're friends of mine, i tell my mother i am fine. we were terrible actors but, god, were we good at memorizing the lines. but we both know that nothing’s worse than insincerity. i think i was so lost i couldn’t stand being found. it was all i knew, my old paint under the new. you know what it’s like, you get stuck in a sadness so sweet you almost mistake it for something you deserve. you become comfortable. it’s a process, cut my losses relapsed back into my sadness and all my bad habits, begging you to lick the wine and water off my lips, the way you grip my hips, just press me down into the sheets until i don’t exist. we wrote an album full anthems and we couldn’t carry a **** tune. you’re just a big bleeding heart, an open wound of a person and everybody loves you and everybody hates you like the radio hit that made their favorite band big. so this is for all the times you were told to bite your tongue but you were so tired of bleeding. this is for all the times you opened your mouth but never spoke. this is for all the times you talked to fill the air but never really said anything. you are what you think. you are what you say. you are what you do. but, maybe most importantly, you are what you don’t do. because what if icarus had been cautious? what if icarus had never left the ground? i guess one way to love somebody is when they're never around, and i guess there’s people like that; those who only want to hear songs they’ve already heard. there’s people like that, those who don’t want to learn anything that they don’t already know. there’s people like that, those who don’t like to question things. science and god sit at the dinner table as lovers. they say their vows in verse, in a thousand different languages. neither of them have the whole story, but together, i’m told sometimes they make a lot of sense. science and god sit at the dinner table as equals. art and wonder and the human spirit are their children. love may be a myth, but it’s my favorite one. we do not age at the dinner table we do not know hate at the dinner table we spit bullets and grow flowers into vases. we knock elbows, and argue, and love, and reconcile, and praise. we spill wine not blood. we do not know hate at the dinner table. and i find, at the dinner table, seated between past and present between heart-ache and hopefulness between glory and insignificance i am not so lonely.
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The truth about my recovery? I lied I told the truth I was better. So much better a different person truly, really, not the me that was dying to die a year previous. for six years the monsters consumed me It starts so subtle. She’s skinnier. ‘No I’m on a diet’ ‘I’m a size 0’ your best friend skips lunches. slowly, surely, the monster slips into your head. your nightmares are living compulsions start. too young. don’t eat in front of people. one granola bar will get you through practice until home. and all the comments egging you on. ‘you aren’t skinny enough for that..’ ‘but if you eat salad all summer’ Soon you can’t look at yourself. Soon the Monster of self hatred turns you to more because the diets aren’t enough so spring break after a bowl of corn chips you close the bathroom door and the porcelain becomes your ally. friends may know. but you can be sneaky. after all, how else would you manage your size? Eventually it isn’t enough, you want quicker results. And the monsters of self hatred are eating you up. you’ve grown now of course. pushed away friends who knew who wanted you to get help. Because this Monster, This darkness in your mind, your only friend. No more food. leave crumbs and a buttered kife. anything eaten, behind the bathroom door. And very soon The blades come out to play. So intriguing how easy it is. and how simple to hide. What an easy release. 17 and 110 lbs, covered in scars on her hips. I did get help. I went to therapy. I loved it. I didn’t just change these acts I changed myself. But I wasn’t better, I was anxious to be done with it to be set free. So I stopped going. when I wasn't totally ready. I thought I was happy.. But is that why I relapsed? It was only once. But is that why I still find myself depressed? Sometimes suicidal? Is it my fault? It’s usually my fault so I can see how it would be. I lied. That’s the truth. And *I Don’t Know.* But I do know this recovery is a continuous fight. And I just wonder Where am I now?
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Oct 18, 2014
Oct 18, 2014 at 12:32 AM UTC
Where Am I
The truth about my recovery? I lied I told the truth I was better. So much better a different person truly, really, not the me that was dying to die a year previous. for six years the monsters consumed me It starts so subtle. She’s skinnier. ‘No I’m on a diet’ ‘I’m a size 0’ your best friend skips lunches. slowly, surely, the monster slips into your head. your nightmares are living compulsions start. too young. don’t eat in front of people. one granola bar will get you through practice until home. and all the comments egging you on. ‘you aren’t skinny enough for that..’ ‘but if you eat salad all summer’ Soon you can’t look at yourself. Soon the Monster of self hatred turns you to more because the diets aren’t enough so spring break after a bowl of corn chips you close the bathroom door and the porcelain becomes your ally. friends may know. but you can be sneaky. after all, how else would you manage your size? Eventually it isn’t enough, you want quicker results. And the monsters of self hatred are eating you up. you’ve grown now of course. pushed away friends who knew who wanted you to get help. Because this Monster, This darkness in your mind, your only friend. No more food. leave crumbs and a buttered kife. anything eaten, behind the bathroom door. And very soon The blades come out to play. So intriguing how easy it is. and how simple to hide. What an easy release. 17 and 110 lbs, covered in scars on her hips. I did get help. I went to therapy. I loved it. I didn’t just change these acts I changed myself. But I wasn’t better, I was anxious to be done with it to be set free. So I stopped going. when I wasn't totally ready. I thought I was happy.. But is that why I relapsed? It was only once. But is that why I still find myself depressed? Sometimes suicidal? Is it my fault? It’s usually my fault so I can see how it would be. I lied. That’s the truth. And *I Don’t Know.* But I do know this recovery is a continuous fight. And I just wonder Where am I now?
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When you relapse You feel nothing but shame Shame makes you want to hurt yourself And nobody even knows when you feel this shame You want someone to take you into their arms and hug you You want to pour out all your feelings of hatred and disgust for yourself But the thoughts in your mind mean absolutely nothing to them And they won't hug you and listen to your words You're just dealing with an addiction Alone and full of self hate And nobody knows But you
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Aug 11, 2013
Aug 11, 2013 at 7:52 PM UTC
Relapsed
January 1st I woke up in bed next to you. I had the flu. January 5th I wasn't sick anymore but I was so depressed. January 7th I called you crying hysterically. By the end of the call... You told me that you wanted a break. January 9th We decided to wait till I went back to Texas for the break though not speak at all from when I left to when I came back. January 11th I realized I was pregnant. I called my best friend asking for a pregnancy test and a cigeratte. I had stopped smoking for you when we got together. January 12th I boarded a plane. I was so sick. January 13th I couldn't eat without getting sick. January 14th I couldn't drink water without throwing up. My mom told me she was divorcing my dad. I laid in bed all night in pain mentally screaming/praying for my baby to be okay. January 15th I woke up and had miscarried. I was approximently 3-4wks pregnant. I almost killed myself that night. I didn't because I knew it would **** the guy I loved. I layed in bed for a week. Didn't have the energy to eat let alone speak. I became so frail. So thin. January 25th I realized we weren't getting back together. February 1st I relapsed on pills. February 4th I was back in town. I stayed the night at your house so my mom could talk to my dad. We hadn't spoke in weeks. By the end of the night we were us again. However, you were so different in general. February 6th I overdosed on pills. You sat there next to me. Crying your eyes out. Pleading with me to stop. You sounded so angry and you were shaking. I could hear the fear in your voice. See how much you loved me in your eyes. I stopped without a thought to it. I couldn't hurt you. February 7th I had to go back to Texas again. February 14th You accidentally said you were my Valentine. February 15th You asked me about getting back together. You backed out. Time passed we were bestfriends yet there was more. I came back to town and you had a distance with me. After spring break I could feel you coming back to me. April 18th I was emotionally done. I allowed myself to get manipulated. I made the worst mistake. I lost you. April 19th I tried to **** myself. I chugged whiskey. Then... Chugged cleaning fluid. It didn't work... This entire year has been hell. All I think about is you and that baby. I still love you. I can't figure out how to get past this. Something in me has died. Died with that child. Died with losing you. Smiles aren't real. Happiness is pretend. It took me months to stop crying everyday. Yet I still find times where the tears won't stop coming. The pain is the only thing real. I just can't wait for this hellish year to be over. Maybe then I can start new...
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Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015 at 6:57 AM UTC
Since Day 1 of 2015
January 1st I woke up in bed next to you. I had the flu. January 5th I wasn't sick anymore but I was so depressed. January 7th I called you crying hysterically. By the end of the call... You told me that you wanted a break. January 9th We decided to wait till I went back to Texas for the break though not speak at all from when I left to when I came back. January 11th I realized I was pregnant. I called my best friend asking for a pregnancy test and a cigeratte. I had stopped smoking for you when we got together. January 12th I boarded a plane. I was so sick. January 13th I couldn't eat without getting sick. January 14th I couldn't drink water without throwing up. My mom told me she was divorcing my dad. I laid in bed all night in pain mentally screaming/praying for my baby to be okay. January 15th I woke up and had miscarried. I was approximently 3-4wks pregnant. I almost killed myself that night. I didn't because I knew it would **** the guy I loved. I layed in bed for a week. Didn't have the energy to eat let alone speak. I became so frail. So thin. January 25th I realized we weren't getting back together. February 1st I relapsed on pills. February 4th I was back in town. I stayed the night at your house so my mom could talk to my dad. We hadn't spoke in weeks. By the end of the night we were us again. However, you were so different in general. February 6th I overdosed on pills. You sat there next to me. Crying your eyes out. Pleading with me to stop. You sounded so angry and you were shaking. I could hear the fear in your voice. See how much you loved me in your eyes. I stopped without a thought to it. I couldn't hurt you. February 7th I had to go back to Texas again. February 14th You accidentally said you were my Valentine. February 15th You asked me about getting back together. You backed out. Time passed we were bestfriends yet there was more. I came back to town and you had a distance with me. After spring break I could feel you coming back to me. April 18th I was emotionally done. I allowed myself to get manipulated. I made the worst mistake. I lost you. April 19th I tried to **** myself. I chugged whiskey. Then... Chugged cleaning fluid. It didn't work... This entire year has been hell. All I think about is you and that baby. I still love you. I can't figure out how to get past this. Something in me has died. Died with that child. Died with losing you. Smiles aren't real. Happiness is pretend. It took me months to stop crying everyday. Yet I still find times where the tears won't stop coming. The pain is the only thing real. I just can't wait for this hellish year to be over. Maybe then I can start new...
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I know I have relapsed many times after I got out. But What if, I end up slipping just once again? Will iT Be it? Will you Get Up And Pack Your **** Or Will You Still Be Standing Next to me and help me get up and continue moving me forward. Or Will You Just Give Up And Let Me Go Deep further in my struggle. What if I used, And Admitted it Will You Look Angry and say **** you. Or look disappointed and say it's okay I still got you. If I Used and told you when I should have let you known before Will You throw me to the curb Or try to understand its not that easy to just stop myself with Having impulsive behavior. What would you do if I walked up to you being honest about relapse. Would you forget me and Mark me absent. Or Would You Forgive me and give credit for not keeping it from you. If I Told You I Got So Tempted , My Mind Just Couldn't take **** and I felt urged so I smoked. Would You Look at me straight saying sorry I did as Much as I could take and disappear. Or Would you stay and help me figure out solutions to resolve my urge feel to using?
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Nov 21, 2014
Nov 21, 2014 at 4:22 AM UTC
If i Relapsed
He checked my wrists and thighs He checked my stomach and my sides He checked and said "Let me see if you've been cutting again" He gave no warning. No sign that he was going to do this in the last hour that I faced him. He looked me up and down, eyes more serious than I've ever seen I couldn't help but feel embarrassed that I let him down once before I was embarrassed I relapsed and he was there to see me unravel. "I've been good" "I've been good" "I've been good" I felt like a child, repeating the sentence over and over Our friends continuously asking what I meant and he simply says "It's nothing." But in his eyes I could see To him it meant everything So he checked He checked my wrists and thighs He checked my stomach and my sides He hugged me tight and whispered softly "Please stay good, I love you to much to lose you like that."
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Jul 19, 2015
Jul 19, 2015 at 8:33 PM UTC
Checked
Beauty so awkward. Your flaws tell you you aren't thin. Wish to change who you are cause of the discomfort in your own skin. Shed it like a snake. wait for it to dry and harden as time moves by. I miss your old skin. Beautiful with all it's imperfections. Ignore your inner thoughts. Slowly learn to resent them. Writing these lines for you. Snort them. Quickly learn to adore them. See it disappear as it travels up your nostril. You realize my words are in your system and you no longer feel awful. As you start to relax you've realized you relapsed. Words travel quick and tickle your synapse. Fast forward watch the timelapse as you reach the peak or should I say the ****** This drug is so pure, no errors of syntax. Not even at your core yet while I'm aiming at your cortex. These are my words. Become addicted to them. Refer to them when your thoughts come in contact with deception. Use my words to forcefully change your perception. No more pain I promise. Promise these words are honest and honestly I'll keep convincing you of your beauty till I'm exhausted. Self esteem. Here to lift it. Even though I drifted and veered from my intended path, I'm here to help get rid of something awful you refer to as your past. Take my hand. Extend mine to help you up. Cause I've been on the ground too when no one would simply show up. You've been hurt. Your wings are broken. Let me mend them as a token of appreciation for enlightening the world with a smile so contagious that would lead all to believe that you're perfect. perfection. Not what I was searching but that's what I stumbled upon. Your scars make you perfect. They make you human. You exhale an excess of words while I inhale. I feel the words touring to my synapse making my brain as warm as wool. I guess even my own words can make me fall in love with someone beautiful.
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Mar 19, 2013
Mar 19, 2013 at 1:55 PM UTC
[girl]
Beauty so awkward. Your flaws tell you you aren't thin. Wish to change who you are cause of the discomfort in your own skin. Shed it like a snake. wait for it to dry and harden as time moves by. I miss your old skin. Beautiful with all it's imperfections. Ignore your inner thoughts. Slowly learn to resent them. Writing these lines for you. Snort them. Quickly learn to adore them. See it disappear as it travels up your nostril. You realize my words are in your system and you no longer feel awful. As you start to relax you've realized you relapsed. Words travel quick and tickle your synapse. Fast forward watch the timelapse as you reach the peak or should I say the ****** This drug is so pure, no errors of syntax. Not even at your core yet while I'm aiming at your cortex. These are my words. Become addicted to them. Refer to them when your thoughts come in contact with deception. Use my words to forcefully change your perception. No more pain I promise. Promise these words are honest and honestly I'll keep convincing you of your beauty till I'm exhausted. Self esteem. Here to lift it. Even though I drifted and veered from my intended path, I'm here to help get rid of something awful you refer to as your past. Take my hand. Extend mine to help you up. Cause I've been on the ground too when no one would simply show up. You've been hurt. Your wings are broken. Let me mend them as a token of appreciation for enlightening the world with a smile so contagious that would lead all to believe that you're perfect. perfection. Not what I was searching but that's what I stumbled upon. Your scars make you perfect. They make you human. You exhale an excess of words while I inhale. I feel the words touring to my synapse making my brain as warm as wool. I guess even my own words can make me fall in love with someone beautiful.
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