deepundergroundpoetry.com
no, Google, I'm not suicidal
I googled
"what to do
when you've given up
on life"
and it gave me a list
of suicide hotlines
and articles on positive
mental health practices
I didn't know how
to explain to a search engine
that I'm not suicidal
I'm not looking for that kind of exit
I'm lost
I'm lonely
I'm aimless
Everything feels pointless
I've hit the edge of depression
and kept going into the abyss
instead of pulling back
like I was supposed to
I scroll through the numbers
on my phone
and play
"who would I call if I wanted to die"
just to land on the names
of the people I love the most
and ponder a second if they'd
be the one I trust enough to talk me down
from any hypothetical ledge
I woke up this morning
and cried before I even got out of bed
the crushing weight of existential nothingness
burying me in the bedsheets
It's 9:20am now
and I cried in the car
on the way to dropping my son
at daycare
I cried in the grocery aisle
I cried in the car again
on the way home
where I'm in bed again
teary stars in my eyes
I put on the saddest song I know
and press repeat
I pretend I can cry myself
back to sanity
when the reality is
I'll probably just cry myself
to sleep before 11am
and hate myself
for another wasted day
I googled
"what to do
when you've given up
on life"
and it gave me a list
of suicide hotlines
and articles on positive
mental health practices
I didn't know how
to explain to a search engine
that I'm not suicidal
"what to do
when you've given up
on life"
and it gave me a list
of suicide hotlines
and articles on positive
mental health practices
I didn't know how
to explain to a search engine
that I'm not suicidal
I'm not looking for that kind of exit
I'm lost
I'm lonely
I'm aimless
Everything feels pointless
I've hit the edge of depression
and kept going into the abyss
instead of pulling back
like I was supposed to
I scroll through the numbers
on my phone
and play
"who would I call if I wanted to die"
just to land on the names
of the people I love the most
and ponder a second if they'd
be the one I trust enough to talk me down
from any hypothetical ledge
I woke up this morning
and cried before I even got out of bed
the crushing weight of existential nothingness
burying me in the bedsheets
It's 9:20am now
and I cried in the car
on the way to dropping my son
at daycare
I cried in the grocery aisle
I cried in the car again
on the way home
where I'm in bed again
teary stars in my eyes
I put on the saddest song I know
and press repeat
I pretend I can cry myself
back to sanity
when the reality is
I'll probably just cry myself
to sleep before 11am
and hate myself
for another wasted day
I googled
"what to do
when you've given up
on life"
and it gave me a list
of suicide hotlines
and articles on positive
mental health practices
I didn't know how
to explain to a search engine
that I'm not suicidal
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
likes 6
reading list entries 3
comments 14
reads 87
Commenting Preference:
The author is looking for friendly feedback.