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108 · Jun 2019
Late
Empire Jun 2019
I love the night
The feeling of being awake
While the rest slumber
In the darkness
And as the clock ticks on
As the hour grows late
Or perhaps terribly early...
I feel the madness creeping in
This time, I won’t fight it
108 · Aug 2019
Night
Empire Aug 2019
Tired
I like fighting it
Forcing my eyes open
When they threaten to close
The calm in my body
Ready to rest
But I’m not
I’m bored
Stretch for a while
Especially the sore muscles
What’s wrong with your back?
I don’t know
Just like this feeling
Don’t want to surrender to the night
But I must
107 · May 2020
Bitter
Empire May 2020
I hate love
I know I’m bitter
I’m alone
What do you expect?
106 · Jan 2020
Worse
Empire Jan 2020
I came home
Contemplating my demise
And you yelled at me
Maybe you meant it
Maybe you didn’t
But you made it worse
****
106 · Dec 2019
Lovely, Merciful Drugs
Empire Dec 2019
Mmm... yes...
I love my drugs
I’ll take them all
I want them
I want more
Mm... calm and comfy
Secure and sleepy
And if I could lower my inhibitions
Just a tad...
I could swallow them like candy
106 · Dec 2019
Watch
Empire Dec 2019
Do you wanna watch?
Watch while the life leaves my eyes?
105 · Sep 2019
fall from grace
Empire Sep 2019
C’mon
Why do I have to suffer
Why don’t I get a vice
Why don’t I get to stumble
Why won’t you let me fall
Why can’t I show weakness
Why can’t I indulge
Why can’t I break a rule or two
Why can’t I get into some trouble
Why can’t I be bad
Just let me do something bad
Let me break the rules
Just do something for fun
Something that feels good
Because right now everything hurts
And it would seem everyone else
They all get to be weak for a bit
Everyone else can stumble
Oh, but not me
No, not the perfect one
She wouldn’t do that
No, never
She doesn’t have desires
She doesn’t lust
She doesn’t crave escape
She doesn’t want to have fun
She doesn’t want to be happy
BECAUSE YOU
YOU TAUGHT ME
TO FOLLOW RULES
But now I’m suffocating
The weight on my back is heavy
I’m getting weak
But that can’t happen
No, she’s perfect
She doesn’t get weak
She always does right
She’s always virtuous
She never would do that

Haha
But you know what?
I’m ******* human, dear ones
I need people around me
I cannot survive alone
I’d like to have ***
Yeah, I’ve done it alone
I would love to get high
Yes, I would actually like a drink
In fact, I’d like to be very drunk
I connect with that dark music
The kind that screams about torment
I’ve sliced my own skin
I’ve thought about dying
Yeah... at my own hand

Right... but I can’t, can I?
Can’t indulge, can’t go dark
Because you’ve trained me
You’ve programmed me
There is always a fear response
You are responsible
You are why I’m like this
You are why I don’t have friends
You are why I’m not like them
You are why I can’t enjoy anything

I’m so ******* done with this
Being “strong”
Whatever the hell that means
I just wanna be normal
I’m done.
I’m so ******* done.

I’m not perfect
Stop making me out to be
You just make me want
To watch myself
Fall from grace
watch me fall
105 · Feb 2020
Tragedy
Empire Feb 2020
I don’t wanna be another tragedy
I don’t want to be another number
Don’t quote me for statistics
I’m not just another number
Ticking suicide rates
Rising higher... higher....

Can the vengeance sustain me?
Can I find enough fire inside
To warm this frozen heart?
To keep myself alive?

I won’t be another tragedy

I will not be another tragedy



I refuse to be a tragedy.
105 · Sep 2019
Perhaps Instead
Empire Sep 2019
Trigger warning: Self harm, cutting


I... I can’t take this
I can’t decipher this agony
WHATS GOING ON
I don’t understand....
But I can’t quite feel it all
But I want it
It’s mine.
The sorrow belongs to me
And if I can’t feel it in my heart
Release it through my tears

Well

Perhaps

Instead

I could... feel it... on my wrist
Release it through my veins...
I can control it there...

I’ll fight it
‘Cause I’m supposed to
Cause I don’t want another failure to report
But ****...
It’s so ******* tempting
104 · Nov 2019
Last
Empire Nov 2019
Trigger warning: Suicidal thoughts/ideation


Please **** me
Let me go
I lie here in bed
Bleeding again
Faced by all my failures
All the pain
EVERYTHING ******* HURTS

AND I CANT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WAS HAPPY

so tonight
I lie in bed
Praying
That I won’t wake up


Please

I don’t... I can’t... don’t make me...

Don’t make me wake up
Let tonight be my last
I’m done
There’s nothing left
I... I haven’t been happy in so long...
104 · Oct 2019
Finish me
Empire Oct 2019
Do it.

JUST ******* DO IT

you coward.

Finish me off.

Make me

a̸̡̖͍̬̘̯̍̀̔͋̐̑̌́ ̴̪̲̼͋̇̕m̶͙͐̀ṓ̴͓̮̇́̔͊ń̸̯̜̦̼̦̼̓ś̵͉̻̗̈́̅̐̒̆̓̕̕͝͝t̴͇͇̟̘̳̙̔͆͒͗̑e̵̢̧̼̲͎­̺̖̻̳͕̓̒͒̋r̷̜̟͎̤̤̲̣̋͗͑́͗̓͝
I always knew in the end that I’d become a crooked soul
-Dayseeker
103 · Jan 2020
Wine
Empire Jan 2020
I really hate wine
It tastes like it shouldn’t be ingested
But that definitely didn’t stop me
From drinking as much as I could
Never seems to stop me does it...
102 · Jun 2019
Grace
Empire Jun 2019
It’s here
While I sit
Broken and empty
Hating myself
For these messes I’ve made
That you remind me
How powerful
Your grace is
And how desperately
I really do need it
And I find myself here on my knees again
Caught up in grace like an avalanche
-Hillsong
102 · Apr 2020
Wake Up
Empire Apr 2020
My eyes are cold
Heartbeat steady and slow
Breath even
I am still
Everything in me is numb
There’s no feeling
No empathy
No concern
Apathy controls me

I’d give anything
To feel something
Because right now
I’m not alive
And I don’t know
How to wake up
102 · Mar 2019
What’s inside
Empire Mar 2019
I used to believe
That I could be anything I wanted
That I could create myself
Be exactly who I wanted to be
But I know better now
So much of who I am
Depends on what has happened to me
And the chemicals
Spinning around inside my skull
102 · Jun 2019
While I’m Broken
Empire Jun 2019
I’d really like to be chosen
Just once
Someone who didn’t have to care
Who could look into my depths
The deep darkness behind my eyes
And just hold me
Make me feel accepted
Even while I’m broken
102 · Oct 2019
Go to Hell
Empire Oct 2019
Hug me
Control me
Hold me
Abuse me
Kiss me goodnight
Manipulate me
Feed me
Watch me starve

I'M SO ******* CONFUSED

SO I'VE FOUND A LOOPHOLE

I'VE FOUND A WAY OUT

YOU CAN'T CONTROL

IF YOU DON'T KNOW

AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO KNOW

YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SEE



Ţ̸̢̨̢̞̩͓͇̙͕͍̹̩̝͖͉͎̮̘̀̐̈́Ḧ̴̡̥̹̩͈̫̥̳̱̯͖̻͉̮͈́͐̀͒̋̒̃͋̐̄͠Ȇ̶̎̃̚­̪̪͑̾̈́̔̂̏̽̌͆̌̎ ̸̡̛̹͓͇͍̤̯͔͚̆͌́͌͑̀͋̐̍̎̌͋̄̔̕̚̕͝S̵̛̹̙̙͔̜̙̦͚̤̻̤̐͑͆̈́̄̐́̃̿̽̍̌́͘̚C̸̃͋͗̕͝­̧̛͇͓͉͚̣͉͔͉̝̮̯̰͎͚̩̖̔̑̀͋̎̔̊̑͆̀̚A̸̢̢̧̛̛̲̣̫̼̰͈̪͖̥͉̋͐̐͑͛̐́́̀̿̒͊̋͛̋̀͝͝͝­̧̼̝͇̮̳̠͎̣̖͙͜R̸̡̧̛̠̙̖͔̹̣̟̩̦̻͍̖̹̉͌͑̍̌̈́̽͂̾̈́̏͆̉̚̚͝͝S̶̡̡̯̲̪̲̪̼̤̜͎̼̀̎̕ͅ­͚̳̲̺̱͓̩͍̲̞̼͎͜



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102 · May 2020
Hide.
Empire May 2020
This isn’t right
I shouldn’t have to be ashamed of things I like
I shouldn’t have to hide my interests
I was excited, finally
Then you shot me down
Because no one cares enough
To not instantly judge
To not wildly accuse
They just want to hate and hate and hate
Even if it’s me.
Even if they’re family.
101 · Mar 2020
Options
Empire Mar 2020
I can’t keep living for my next escape

But people seem rather upset when I consider dying
101 · Sep 2019
From Last Year
Empire Sep 2019
I wanted to be sad
To mourn for her
The young lady there...
Suffering.
She’s felt a lot of pain
Felt deep sorrow
Shouldered awful burdens
Experienced mortal terror
Over and over again
She didn’t know
If she wanted to continue


But I swallowed their solution
It saved me
I can’t complain
But now sleep is creeping in quickly
Won’t be keeping conscious long enough
To sit and be kind
To my self from last year
100 · Dec 2019
Burn
Empire Dec 2019
My eyes burn with sleep
As I prepare my body
For basic presentation
But I just want to lie here
Drowsy and calm
I don’t want to work
Just sleep
She wanted me sedated
So I wouldn’t try anything
And ****... it works
100 · Jan 2020
Error
Empire Jan 2020
I don’t want to celebrate my birth
Because right now
It feels like a massive error
I’ve lost my desire to exist
And if I could simply
Blink myself out of existence
I wouldn’t hesitate
To go through with it
How do you fight suicidal thoughts when you don’t want to...
100 · May 2019
Rebuilding
Empire May 2019
I need to crumble
To fall apart
So I can put myself
Back together
The right way this time
But I’m terrified
That once the pieces
Start to fall
I won’t be strong enough
To pick them back up
99 · Jan 2020
Necrosis
Empire Jan 2020
My heart is blackened
The edges burned and seared
And no matter what I do
No matter how hard I try
I can’t keep it alive
I can’t stop the necrosis
As it spreads
Deeper and deeper
And I’m really... uggghhh
I’m frustrated
Because I’m supposed to be alive
I’m supposed to want to be
But I can’t escape it
The death that follows me
99 · Apr 2020
Destined to Be Alone
Empire Apr 2020
To them, she’s a joke
She wonders if she can be loved
They act like she’s a character in a movie
Of course her prince will come!
(Theirs all came, anyway)
They tell her someday
She’ll look back and laugh
But in her heart
She can see that her reality is not the same
She’ll never have a partner
She’ll never know a true friend
And she knows
That no matter what they all say
She’s destined to be alone.
If anyone could be unlovable, it’s me.
98 · Jul 2019
Volume
Empire Jul 2019
Whispers in the back of my head
With each word
The demons drag
A blade across my flesh
Just a tease... for now
A threat
So I turn up the volume a bit
Try to drown them out
Busy myself
Lose myself
They raise their voices
Louder.
Drums banging in my ears
They match it
LOUDER

THEY SCREAM OVER IT ALL!
SCREAMINGSCREAMINGSCREAMING

I want to fight
But you make me weak
I’m trying....
But they’re too powerful
Too strong
Do I really have no other choice
Than to sit through this agony?
And pretend I can drown them out?
Getting quite the headache tonight...
98 · Aug 2019
Favorite
Empire Aug 2019
Littered in scars
Marks of carelessness
Of stupidity
Of childhood
Of accidents
But you.....
My tiny pink line
Fading already...
You seem so eager to leave me...
Only about a centimeter long
Small and delicate
I put you there.
I remember well
kinda...
You mean something to me
I’m not quite sure what yet
But I think
That of them all
You are my favorite
I want to preserve you
I’m begging you not to disappear
You’re far too important
And if it comes to it,
I will ensure you remain.
Trying to process something.....
97 · Jul 2019
Relinquish
Empire Jul 2019
I was fighting
But I made too many mistakes
Gave in too many times
Indulged too much...
I can feel the shadows
Creeping into my mind...
Hahahahaha...
They’re starting to feel at home
Comfortable...
Twisting my desires
It’s alright...
I’m tired anyway
I feel like it’s time
To relinquish control........
I think my sanity is trying to escape...
96 · Apr 2019
Let Me Write
Empire Apr 2019
Something fun
To give me that rush
The high of words
Get me off
On the sensation
Of creation
Make my hands shake
In anticipation
Brain spinning
Dizzy with thoughts
Endless possibilities
Just let me soak in it
Drink it in
Please, now
Let me write
Sometimes the dark words offer the best highs
96 · Dec 2019
Untitled
Empire Dec 2019
I’m so tired
I just want to die
96 · Dec 2019
Replacements
Empire Dec 2019
TW: Self harm, cutting


I did something
Why’d I do that....
Bought replacements
Told myself it was to keep it clean
But I know it’s so I can do more
Eight fresh, clean blades
I know they’re not for crafts
I won’t use them for cutting paper
But rather....
They’ll help me drip red
In some sick way, I feel like I’ve bought myself new toys...
96 · Jul 2020
Something’s Wrong
Empire Jul 2020
There’s something wrong in my head
My anxiety is triggered
And suddenly I don’t feel for you?
I get nervous and then everything’s wrong?
I’m high when I’m with you
I’m high when you’re gone
Until something’s wrong
Then I can’t breathe anymore
I can’t think
Can’t sleep
Somethings wrong
Somethings wronsoemthings.....
Wrong.

Take your medicine.

Leave him be.

You can do this.

Fall back to old habits.

Lol

You’ll never be okay
95 · May 2019
Secret
Empire May 2019
I have a secret
I don’t share it with those close
Because I need something
That I can call my own
And as long as I appear
A bit happier than I am
Then the rest of the darkness
Anything I can hide inside
Is mine alone to enjoy
And I’ll let it destroy me
Just because
I wanted something
That was mine
94 · Jun 2019
Weak
Empire Jun 2019
I just wanted to be strong...
But it turns out
I’m weak
I’m fragile
My flesh tears easily
Stinging annoyingly
I can’t handle emotions
I can’t take pain
Not even little things
Distant losses
Minor changes
My brain can’t do it
It’s so weak...
**** it up!
Everyone else can!
But they don’t hurt me now
Not like this
Not when I’m blunted
Because I couldn’t take it
Because I couldn’t control myself
What happened to me??
What excuse do I have??
Maybe I’m just being dramatic
But I’m certain of this,
I am weak.
94 · May 2020
Meet My Demon
Empire May 2020
There is a demon
His name is Suicide
I've let him in
I feed him
I care for him
In return, he lets me feel
Just a little
Only sometimes
I keep him happy
He keeps me dead
I stay confused
Unable to cast him out
Because every time I try
I fail to fill his empty space with light
So he returns
Stronger, meaner
To abuse and torment
While I forget what light is
Matthew 12:43-45
93 · Jun 2019
Music
Empire Jun 2019
I think
I just want
To sing
And dance
And scream
Alone
Happy
I think I’d either like to be entirely surrounded or entirely alone... but all this back and forth is exhausting
93 · May 2020
Shall We?
Empire May 2020
I don’t know if I want you
I don’t have any clue if you’d want me
But I know I need someone
So... let’s see where it goes, shall we?
92 · Aug 2019
Needs
Empire Aug 2019
Can someone just
Come close
All the way
Into my heart
I’ll show you in
Excuse the mess....
Haven’t had many guests...

I just want to be loved
Accepted
Noticed
Remembered
Touched
Admired
Cared for
Respected

I need these things
The desire hurts
I can’t let myself hope
Because I know these
Are not the kinds of things
Someone like me
Gets to have
What is it that’s so fundamentally wrong with me that people just know not to get close? Am I really so repulsive?
92 · Apr 2020
Anxiety
Empire Apr 2020
Wouldn’t it be nice
If my anxiety
Could just
Leave me
The ****
Alone.
91 · May 2020
I just...
Empire May 2020
I just... I don’t want to be alone anymore
I just want to know for once in my life
What a man’s loving embrace feels like
I just want to know what it’s like
To press our lips together and kiss
I just want to know love is an option for me
I just want to know what it’s like...
91 · May 2019
Wreck
Empire May 2019
I want to be a wreck
I'm so done
With all these smiles
All this makeup
To mask the scars
I want to scream
At the entire world
I want to break something
Loudly
Make a huge mess
I want to fill my veins
With something
Intoxicating
Let my head spin

But instead
I'll sit here
Sober and angry
I'll do my homework
I'll go to work
I'll be what you need
Because I'm fine
I'm doing great
You're so proud
And I'm on meds now
They work great
And I'm fine
I'm doing great
Tonight it's probably a good thing the drinking age is 21
91 · May 2020
Untitled
Empire May 2020
The more I talk to anyone else
The more certain I am
I really want to keep talking to you
91 · Jan 2020
Drunk
Empire Jan 2020
****
Everything is spinning a bit
I’m not even kinda sober
Finally got what I wanted
I ******* win!!!
Ahhhahhha I am so ******* drunk
I’ve wanted this for so long
And I have it
And I’m so happy
This is it!!!
This is what I’ve wanted!
Ah yes!
I feel high
But like drunk
I love it
91 · Feb 2020
Solitude
Empire Feb 2020
She is alone
Her weakened body lies in solitude
Begging to be held
Even just... even just touched
Her cheeks are stained with tears
Though no more will flow
There’s not enough of her left now
To feel, to cry
There’s a rough patch on her wrist
Where she’s scarred herself
Time and time again
Her heart pleading
For someone to care,
Someone unafraid of her scars
The wounds of terrible battles fought
But she no longer possesses any hope
That such a person exists
91 · Jan 2020
It Hurts and I Miss You
Empire Jan 2020
Everything... absolutely everything hurts
I loved you
I love you
But you weren’t safe with me
I couldn’t control myself
I made you leave
To save yourself
You’re not gone forever
I’ll see you again
But these months apart...
I don’t know how to survive
The agony of missing you
90 · Sep 2019
Disgusting
Empire Sep 2019
What an old insecurity
Hardly ever lived without it
Except... except that year...
The year lost... starving, dying
And now once again
You face yourself
Clearly you didn’t try hard enough
You better work harder
You better not eat so much

Ugh

How disgusting you are
You’re not pretty
You just fool yourself
Lie to yourself
You’re not beautiful
How pitiful this still bothers you
What a weak little girl you are
How repulsive you are
You’ll never be lovely
You’re not graceful
You’re not slim
You’re not even cute
I wouldn’t want you
No wonder no one else does
Lol
Of course
How obvious!
You let yourself believe that maybe
You were desirable

You lied.

Your ugliness is clear
They’re just being nice
You know how awful you look
You know how dreadful you are

I-I think I’d like
To just melt away...
To disintegrate
90 · Jun 2019
How Should I Know?
Empire Jun 2019
So here's the thing............
I can't tell anything apart
How can I say my meds aren't working??
If maybe I'm just cold because of life...
I've got plenty of reasons
I cause myself so much grief

I'M STILL PICKING UP THE PIECES FROM LAST TIME

and I really broke last time...

So I DON'T KNOW

If I'm okay

It's probably all my fault....

                                but... that's what the depression used to say....

I just don't know how to BE ALIVE

and all the pills do is keep me breathing... or eating... I guess...
I really need to stop pretending I’ve got my act together...
90 · Mar 2019
I don’t want it
Empire Mar 2019
Take it away
I don’t want it anymore
But it doesn’t belong to me
I have no right
To rid myself of it
But I don’t actually believe
That things will get better
Do I?
This life
It hurts
And as long as I’m here
It will hurt me
So I’ll have to keep fighting
As long as I am here
Because no matter how much
I don’t want it
It’s not mine to throw away
I’m bleeding out, but I force myself to my feet to go another round.
89 · May 2019
Silent
Empire May 2019
You can't hear it
The screaming of my soul
It's writhing in pain
It's lost and lonely
Confused and bruised
But for your sake
I choose to suffer in silence
Because I know you can't take it
I know you can't handle
Seeing me struggle
But I am
And I want you to let me
But I can't tell you
Because you can't take it
Do you see my problem?
89 · Jun 2019
Savor
Empire Jun 2019
Do you ever just feel

ON TOP

OF THE WHOLE

*******

WORLD?!

Cause I don’t very often
And I’m gonna savor it
:)
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