trying my best not to let
go
trying my best just to
keep hold
of you and
me
i know we can't save
each other
i know, now, i can't save
myself
i see you drowning an ocean
away
i wish i could swim to you
sometimes
but i know better
i haven't got any
rope
and i'm six feet under
i want to give my
heart
a rest
but it's been too still
for too long
and it still remembers
you
and it is alive with a kind of
vengeance
that i think will
hurt
for a long time
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Dysphoria
Poetry"I dreamt I grew roots and sunk into deep earth, Where mud became my skin and dampened grains freckled my surface, I opened my mouth wide for the sprouting branches Leaf-speckled limbs And sunflowers blossomed from my eyes, Sunlight bled in waves, w...
