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She says to me,
I've been lucky, everything slides past
and I just don't fall down.
Sometimes, she says,
I'd like to fall down, to come apart
the way people like you do
but I'm stronger than that,
and I just can't afford it.
(I wish she knew
nobody can afford it,
and we are all strong
but sometimes life is heavy
and mental illness doesn't
discriminate:
it's just a shame
that people like her
do.)
I've been lucky, everything slides past
and I just don't fall down.
Sometimes, she says,
I'd like to fall down, to come apart
the way people like you do
but I'm stronger than that,
and I just can't afford it.
(I wish she knew
nobody can afford it,
and we are all strong
but sometimes life is heavy
and mental illness doesn't
discriminate:
it's just a shame
that people like her
do.)
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I don't believe in leaving these blank, but there's not a great deal to say that isn't already said in a very straightforward way.
(Sometimes poetry isn't about prettying up the truth with lovely words. Sometimes it's just truth, plain and blunt.)
(Sometimes poetry isn't about prettying up the truth with lovely words. Sometimes it's just truth, plain and blunt.)
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I hate it when people act in such an ignorant way. No one chooses to be sick, no matter what form that sickness may take.