Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Damn Near (Mental health trigger warning)

I often pray to become everesent 

Because I felt unworthy of pleasure.

Who was I to feel any kind of joy?

But instead I cried.

I cried to cleanse and to ease the pain.

I kissed my heart and wiped away her tears.

Tried to reassure her that it was going to be okay

Even if being okay meant staying out of bed

Even if it meant being okay enough to let in positive thoughts.

To just crack the door in my mind--only to let a little light in.

Okay enough to just be be still and let the hurt subside.

I damn near wanted to give up.

Couldn't find any excuses for my sadness

Was just sad.

Sad enough to want the reaper.

Sad enough to want to be buried alive

To feel the pain and the suffocation

As punishment for daring to leave the one invisible lover who never goes away

It continues to stays and binge on my brokenness

That day it almost killed me.

Damn near.

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