"thoughts are the shadows of feelings
always darker, emptier, and simpler
i don't care if they're fake or real
i just thank them for showing up at all
i have black periods. who does not?
but they are not a part of me;
they are not a part of illness, but a part of my being
what am i saying?
i have the courage to have them
four o'clock in the morning. this sucks."