I’m tired.754Please respect copyright.PENANADgyK3bkS91
If I’m honest, the days keep dragging by754Please respect copyright.PENANAkKidikfCkm
and my feet are sliding across the floor instead754Please respect copyright.PENANAwUkpSaSg8K
of lifting with each step because I can’t find the energy754Please respect copyright.PENANAVOCO5Yjvqo
to pick them up and set them back down.754Please respect copyright.PENANAO5cLy5lTQn
Some people turn and ask me to stop scuffing754Please respect copyright.PENANAVmOi2veqjA
my feet on the floor, please lift them up and walk754Please respect copyright.PENANA4bk6IG5lKr
like a normal person, thank you.754Please respect copyright.PENANA8fmeiGw2Az
I try.754Please respect copyright.PENANAw82LhhE058
I try everyday to lift myself up and keep walking754Please respect copyright.PENANALypXOzNqwy
but like my feet, I am scuffing across the ground754Please respect copyright.PENANAbsh7FjxigL
just barely making it from one place to another754Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9OHSx65IH
without damage.
I’m tired.754Please respect copyright.PENANA39j8NxqqYh
Just this Wednesday I was driving home754Please respect copyright.PENANAQkFOzXro8l
on the highway, 480 West from Brookpark Road754Please respect copyright.PENANAiNm2W1JPUt
where the RTA takes me to Cleveland for classes, and754Please respect copyright.PENANARoduRbWFXT
during the drive, I couldn’t focus on the road before me754Please respect copyright.PENANAWA5SD0oROt
because the news that Trump had won left me shaken754Please respect copyright.PENANAnmRMNTSpLV
for those I’m not sure how to help754Please respect copyright.PENANAaNG6dU9zfg
when I’ve been given a privilege I didn’t ask for.754Please respect copyright.PENANANIZSPcQxB6
And while I was driving down the highway754Please respect copyright.PENANAGRsAnVmZoj
I contemplated the notion of jerking the wheel754Please respect copyright.PENANAaqcYQynVm4
to the left and letting my car hit the divide between the754Please respect copyright.PENANA9AqtHWc0pR
highway East and the highway West; allow myself to754Please respect copyright.PENANA0lnL459F8s
collide with the wall, break through and destroy754Please respect copyright.PENANAHLMyBuDj6v
the other side.754Please respect copyright.PENANAwM956lse5e
Then, I contemplated jerking the wheel to the right754Please respect copyright.PENANAvu7wh8oirQ
into the ditch along the grass so I wouldn’t754Please respect copyright.PENANAdjklR0kxsL
harm anyone else in the process. But I754Please respect copyright.PENANAWDdTxAgMeY
didn’t do either, even though I754Please respect copyright.PENANAF9APvOm0fA
got so scared for a minute754Please respect copyright.PENANACUQcOMux1t
that I would.
I’m tired.754Please respect copyright.PENANANFOCrGVlCg
Last year on August 22nd, my birthday, I had a similar754Please respect copyright.PENANAzxhuuBvSe8
reaction to suicidal thoughts. I had a rough754Please respect copyright.PENANAehnAiSuxIl
birthday; I worked, I was lonely, I felt754Please respect copyright.PENANApCGf6awR0K
pathetic, worthless, uncared for and forgotten754Please respect copyright.PENANAfghHAAs2gt
so I took the sharpest and largest kitchen knife754Please respect copyright.PENANAXWGoc4FBeL
and I pressed the tip of it to my chest, above my heart754Please respect copyright.PENANA3tOgQ3He8z
and sobbed until I couldn’t sob anymore.754Please respect copyright.PENANAJvLhN649Cw
I did not press the sharp edge deep enough to754Please respect copyright.PENANAooxGjogOi8
draw blood, but it was the first time754Please respect copyright.PENANAAOFwnlFfyu
I had allowed myself to754Please respect copyright.PENANAgivhl5jNjw
get so close to the temptation.
I’m tired.754Please respect copyright.PENANAOIX13sGpyH
I say that I want to die a lot, even though I never754Please respect copyright.PENANAWNm43o2T4y
actually reach out and go through with it754Please respect copyright.PENANAQwM6v1uzaY
I think because I’m afraid of not existing754Please respect copyright.PENANAUQpLdWMkbi
just as I’m afraid of existing. And lately I754Please respect copyright.PENANA3U7cstz4gZ
have people who reach out to me when I’m not sure754Please respect copyright.PENANA9b7BWwrWvr
how to reach out to them, and it’s sweet to have people754Please respect copyright.PENANAMmgCXuNGy7
support me, but I go right back to wanting to isolate myself754Please respect copyright.PENANAuwbOWnF0tH
and give up. I have thought about dying every day754Please respect copyright.PENANAYVvXUtZMKQ
for the last few weeks and I wish I could just754Please respect copyright.PENANA5VGYv6obip
go through with it.
I’m tired.754Please respect copyright.PENANAlaRyjFYYkN
I’m so tired of being forgotten, of arguing754Please respect copyright.PENANALLb1i8N2oc
for people to care about me when they should754Please respect copyright.PENANAPX6hrAoV7i
care about me on their own. I often think that754Please respect copyright.PENANA5vdRPsPTNK
I should just stop putting in such an effort for those that754Please respect copyright.PENANAJHfcmQlSZN
do not consider me, but I can’t seem to stop caring.754Please respect copyright.PENANAvCFkowVBpU
She often hurts me more than she improves my life754Please respect copyright.PENANAWPO7OIYPeD
but I’m too afraid to say anything because754Please respect copyright.PENANAnm99GKwj9S
I need her. I need her to exist754Please respect copyright.PENANAk5wootbjs6
in my existence, and I need her to754Please respect copyright.PENANAeX4eVdY9Kf
be by my side.754Please respect copyright.PENANAs6GkS6gyDr
But I’m tired.
I’m tired754Please respect copyright.PENANAYYk94kdXop
of being tired754Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z18uUNfAS
in this tiring life.