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Giving up for the right reasons.

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I cradle my addiction dearly in my hands
And it occurs to me suddenly
That all this time spent wasting away and trying to die young
Is only wearing me out further


How can somebody who fights so hard to die actually achieve such a feat?
If you set yourself up for failure, that is what you shall achieve.
And a failure of suicide simply does not die.


I’m thinking that there must be glimmer of hope for all of us
The fallen ones
The ones who have tried to get up just to be broken again


If you have swallowed handfuls of pills
And handfuls of tears
To try to end it all
And woken up the next day
Doesn’t that mean you’re here for a reason…?
So, I've been thinking a lot about this lately. I haven't delved much into the history of my suicide attempts and such, but I'm thinking that it must be a sign that if I've attempted over a certain number of times, (Which I will not say how many because that seems a bit too personal) and I'm still here, I just simply should not be dead. Plainly put...
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minniminnimi's avatar
This is really beautiful and it's an awesome message. I really love it. Keep up the good work! Also I'm really happy you're still here on dA, I haven't been online for a really long time and when I saw your comment on my poem I got really happy :3