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words
          flow
                out
                     of my mouth
                                           like droplets
             falling
out                          
                   of
                                         the
          air


falling
f a l l i n g
                                   further
                apart

never
together
again
I can't quite remember
the moment
everything
shifted

when I stopped waking up
feeling anything but tired
or when I stopped going to sleep
praying for anything but the end

maybe it was the day you left
physically, I mean
or perhaps the weeks leading up
the weeks that numbed me to my bones

perhaps it was the months that followed
and the way little parts of me
seemed to just
drift away

I stopped looking both ways
while crossing a busy road
stopped being careful
while walking alone in public

I didn't notice when I stopped running
to the safety of my bed once the lights went out
instead I slowly wandered through the house
no longer afraid of the dark or what it could hide

because what can a car
or a creep
or the dark, where my fears would once reap
do that will ever compare to the way
you broke me
I've stopped hiding my legs under my blanket while I sleep because my monsters no longer lurk in the dark
I cry
For fake characters in movies

I dream
Things that could never come true

I lie
To myself

I walk
To places only on the map of my mind

I jump
Into an invisible hole

And I miss
Things and people, when they're alive
A helpful note
It's okay
Its okay
It's okay
It's okay
It's okay
You're okay
You're okay
Everything will be okay
Okay?
You're okay
It's okay
It's okay
It's okay
Breathe and everything will be okay


I feel like I'll never be okay...
This doesn't really count as a poem I guess but it is what I say to myself very quickly when I'm feeling panicked. I also loop the song "don't worry be happy".

Also in case anyone is wondering today I turned into a pterodactyl, and another pterodactyl called Bob told me to write this note while doing a backflip into a wormhole (Im not athletic so when I failed I was in so much pain I had to turn back into a human)

I think my notes are getting out of control, maybe I should stop...
 Dec 2024 Paul Phifer-Deratany
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I'm lost
In the depths of my mind
I feel so lonely
Even with people by my side
I don't feel support
My life is falling apart
The choices that I've made
Make me lose my mind
You say you understand
And yet you can't say that you're proud
You can't comprehend
The things that I'm going through right now
It's hard to believe
Any of the words that come out of your mouth
I need you to say that It's going to be fine
And that I still have time
To figure all of this out
Through me
A cause
Resource

Deny them
Corrupt
Without appeal

Ragged hammer
Skull
Breaking dawn
Something personal.
I don’t think I love you anymore

I mean I think I will always love you
But,
I don’t think I’m in love with you anymore.

My tears
Have flowed
For years
For you
Only you

Now,
My eyes are dry
the day is over and yet
I  haven't
moved.

I scrolled aimlessly
my day dwindling away beneath dull eyes
darkness covered me like a blanket
as I blocked out reality

It's dark outside and yet
I haven't
moved.

I laid in bed
the world slowly dimming behind closed curtains
only light coming from a object glued to my hand
as I blocked out reality

It's 11:53 and yet
I still haven't
moved.
all I did was rest
so why am I still
so
tired.
you stopped making suicide jokes a month ago

you still talked about it

but you were serious
(disclaimer!!! the person that i wrote this about survived their attempt and now they’re in the hospital getting help)
I wish I could write a poem about love

But I have only experienced loss

I wish I could write a song suited to my voice

But I keep running out of words

I long to put someone first

But I've never felt absolute joy

So I'll write my own kind of poem

That I can sing out loud

Perfection is not of importance

I feel less lonely now
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