i'll try to hold a little longer

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i think the only thing that keeps me
holding on to the barbed wire — blood
dripping between my fingers,
flesh hugging the rust of it
but still clinging desperately —
is the urge to be able to see it all.

but i am honestly scared
to the new mornings that will come
knocking on my window,
because i will never know what they
will offer unless i open it and welcome
them.

the unknown scares me.
its uncertainty of being well
makes my intestines eat their own.
it’s because i always want to be reassured
that everything will be fine.
i want those words to be whispered
in my ears,
especially at times when i no longer
know what to do,
and the only choice left is to
watch things fall.

but still, i don’t want to let go.
i don’t want to raise the white flag yet,
for i am here for the thrill
of feeling the fear
crawling up my spine.
i want to feel the burning sensation
down my core
when times when i badly want to
explode come.

i want to give life a chance
to be better and kinder to me
because i’ve been facing
different kinds of pain
in different ways.
and i will never forgive it
if it failed to make me feel
and experience the feelings
and experiences that i deserve.

i still hold on,
securing my limbs,
putting all of my strength to my fingers
out of desperation,
because i believe that there’s something
more than this side of the moon
that i always see.

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