ache

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the thing people don't expect about
depression
is the horrible ache
that never leaves
when you see people happy
without you
and you think
"they don't care"
"they're happier when you're not there"
"you cause unnecessary tension that doesn't have to be there if you aren't"

god
i wonder
who will see this
who will remember my sad
little poems
when i finish this book
i will either be so much better
that it will be obvious that i'm fine
or
i'll just stop
maybe even say goodbye
hah
goodbye to nobody
nobody reading this book
posted on some site for
the depressed, the romantics, and the hopefuls.

i could be so great
(that's the narcissistic in me talking)
i could be
but i'm not
and i used to wonder
but now
i'm just too empty

-em

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