What's another word for help?
There's the easy ones but what about the things people say instead?
I knew this guy and everyday he would kiss his wife and say "goodbye"
Never "see you later" or "I'm headed off"
Goodbye
One day after he left he didn't come home
But he got to say goodbye
That was his way of saying help, because that was easiest way to let go.
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Sweet Nothings- A Collection Of Poems
Poesía"What are you doing?" She looked at me and said quietly, "counting to forty." I looked at her and she looked at me before continuing, "Every forty seconds someone commits suicide, I count to show I'm strong." That night I stared at the clock in the...