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The Ledge
The lows are getting lower
The highs not quite as high
Can't stop myself from bottoming out
No matter how hard I try
The darkness unrelenting
Pushing me to the edge
Taking til theres nothing left
I can't back off this ledge
How much can i handle?
Before I just give in
Grant the darkness what it wants
Commit my final sin
Its drawing nearer every day
Deaths waiting close at hand
I feel the cold grip on my throat
This is my final stand
Im here now ready to accept
Too willing to submit
I have no strength to carry on
No desire to remit
The highs not quite as high
Can't stop myself from bottoming out
No matter how hard I try
The darkness unrelenting
Pushing me to the edge
Taking til theres nothing left
I can't back off this ledge
How much can i handle?
Before I just give in
Grant the darkness what it wants
Commit my final sin
Its drawing nearer every day
Deaths waiting close at hand
I feel the cold grip on my throat
This is my final stand
Im here now ready to accept
Too willing to submit
I have no strength to carry on
No desire to remit
Published 12th May 2024
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12th May 2024 4:36am
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12th May 2024 7:19am
Dear TDI,
Oooooo how well you express this and how often I have felt similarly. A dangerous precipice and yet, somehow I get lured back. The mood and the writing is perfectly executed in this piece. H🌷
Oooooo how well you express this and how often I have felt similarly. A dangerous precipice and yet, somehow I get lured back. The mood and the writing is perfectly executed in this piece. H🌷
12th May 2024 12:04pm
Thank you for reading and your feedback. Glad you can relare but also not.
Anonymous
12th May 2024 8:53am
It’s really difficult as a human being to not immediately go “oh, well please be ok and how can I help” from a place of care. And while I do wish that too, I think it’s important to remember that places like this exist because they give us space - space to express ourselves and our thoughts and our fears. And that is equally as important.
In the meantime, rhyming poetry is your bag I think. It’s expressed in a concise way that is stripped back and relatable to many.
Be good to yourself, Batman.
-Robin
In the meantime, rhyming poetry is your bag I think. It’s expressed in a concise way that is stripped back and relatable to many.
Be good to yourself, Batman.
-Robin
This brought a smile to my face. Thank you for the "relief" in these moments, when my "fangs" are exposed and all I can think of is "impaling".
I appreciate you Missy. I hope you know that.
I appreciate you Missy. I hope you know that.
12th May 2024 11:55pm
Your pain is so relatable.
Went over the f’ing ledge 4 times. I’m pretty sure the Darkness is telling me it doesn’t want me.
Don’t try to find out for yourself, just keep writing it out.
(you know by now that it’s my secondary condition- preaches too much)
Went over the f’ing ledge 4 times. I’m pretty sure the Darkness is telling me it doesn’t want me.
Don’t try to find out for yourself, just keep writing it out.
(you know by now that it’s my secondary condition- preaches too much)
13th May 2024 00:25am
Youre good. I dont feel like you're preaching. Appreciate you commenting. Im glad that you find my writings relatable. The writings, not the feelings. They suck.
13th May 2024 00:26am
