sixty ✎ bottled tears

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tw: suicide

she bottled her tears
and let the current drive them away
with her dawdling heart
stringing closely behind
the voices in her head
flatlined
as her soul slowly
diminished
leaving nothing but a
broken girl
who watched
her life
flash before her eyes
before falling into the
arms
of the untamed monsters
bellowing below

- aj

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