When I'm near water
I feel like I can breathe
I drown in my own mind
Except when I'm on the water
The rock of the waves
The whistle of the wind
The bright sunlight
The whispering of the trees
I calm
My world stills
I can breathe
My thoughts disappear
My mind quiets
And I finally feel like I'm alive
Even in a bathtub
The feeling of the water
Flush against me
Making my body feel weightless
It melts everything away
And brings the necessary tears
The tears that I hold back
Until I feel better
New
Like the water cleaned me
Of all my hurt
For a little while
It comes back but in the water
It's gone
I'm safe
And no one can take it away from me
-my safe haven
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Writing Until My Soul Recovers
PoetryI'm seventeen with more trauma than most my age. I haven't cut in five months but I'm struggling. My mental health is struggling and it's hard because I'm in recovery from something. But not my big problem. I'm still struggling with that and I was t...
