falling out of the light {poem}
cw: poetic imagery of drowning, ideation, hopelessness
Category: on Mental Health
the things we forget on purpose
Part of why I write here is to bleed off some of the pressure of the years of trauma and grief I've experienced, but it's so hard to write when it really hurts.
I’ve written myself into a corner
I'm in therapy, THANK THE GODS.
fragments of self
The self that exists in meatspace and on the internet has become fragmented in a way that deeply upsets me.
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great, this again.
Do you ever believe something about yourself so hard that even proof doesn't change your mind?
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I write what hurts my feelings
The pain leads me to what is true.