sometimes
my mind drifts back
to the suicide note
i wrote
on an app
on my phoneit's still there.
like it's waiting
for me
to do something
anything
about the
darkness growingit's still there.
and everyone
around me
is saying
life is the choice
worth makingbut i know...
it's still there.
YOU ARE READING
nostrum
Poetry‣ nostrum noun { a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective } - = ≡ ___________ [ previously published as " pills and alcohol " ] ◂