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"why?" - depression poetry/poetry

""pain is only temporary",
or so i'm told.
but if that's true,
then why do i constantly feel like i'm suffering?

"don't worry it'll be alright",
is what i'd like to believe.
but if it's true,
then why am i in a constant state of worry?

"love yourself before you can love others",
that is how i want to be.
but if that's true,
then why do i constantly hate myself?

and if all of this is true,
then why do i keep on living?"