Dance around it
Sing a song
Make a joke
Maybe even drink
Smoke a joint
More oftentimes a cigarette
Hold your breath
Skip a meal or two
Shower less
That one meal you did eat
Get rid of it
Don't smell your breath
Stay up late
Sleep in late
Forget your meds
Forget your friends
Forget your family
Was I supposed to make a phone call?
I feel sick
Is it in my head?
But it's in my downstairs
Did you just call it your downstairs?
Text a stranger you've never met
They're a stranger
Of course you haven't met them
Stupid
Make moves you don't usually make
Legs in the air
Sweat on my lips
Is that yours or mine?
Is that perfume?
Look in the mirror too long
Hold my stomach
One second longer than emotionally recommended
Avoid the kitchen as long as I can
Three showers a day
There's not enough water to clean away
The thoughts people gave me for free
Maybe if I smelt more 'masculine' a man will never lay his hands on me again
But I want to smell sweet and delicate
Like wine and cupcakes
Spend all my money
No money for food
Maybe you should quit smoking
Why don't you quit smoking?
Cause I can use it be social
I feel rebellious
Or maybe
Part of me still wants to die
And every puff cures a suicidal urge
Silence
Avoid eye contact
Drink
Make a joke about it
Sing a song
Dance
Avoid feeling
What everyone thinks you're feeling
Add LOL at the end
So everyone knows
You're okay
LOL
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
PoetryI write a lot of poetry, this is just some more of it. Mostly sad shit
