I’m tired.722Please respect copyright.PENANAhksXMG5tYA
If I’m honest, the days keep dragging by722Please respect copyright.PENANAP6W0l4FlxC
and my feet are sliding across the floor instead722Please respect copyright.PENANAOcZeOQtp4i
of lifting with each step because I can’t find the energy722Please respect copyright.PENANAo72FbjTYj1
to pick them up and set them back down.722Please respect copyright.PENANAH3b3UvR0Ab
Some people turn and ask me to stop scuffing722Please respect copyright.PENANAeE0IPmNfNN
my feet on the floor, please lift them up and walk722Please respect copyright.PENANAbzCbOvT8CK
like a normal person, thank you.722Please respect copyright.PENANA2R7MGnfBDV
I try.722Please respect copyright.PENANAfdBFAJnhYI
I try everyday to lift myself up and keep walking722Please respect copyright.PENANA88DEbJQXyO
but like my feet, I am scuffing across the ground722Please respect copyright.PENANAJFRlIx7dPk
just barely making it from one place to another722Please respect copyright.PENANAlmQRKNkCbo
without damage.
I’m tired.722Please respect copyright.PENANAx2soR8aT1I
Just this Wednesday I was driving home722Please respect copyright.PENANAh1moY7yyD5
on the highway, 480 West from Brookpark Road722Please respect copyright.PENANA31Rz1Lx2mF
where the RTA takes me to Cleveland for classes, and722Please respect copyright.PENANAP6TjpacQmC
during the drive, I couldn’t focus on the road before me722Please respect copyright.PENANAd5Z534cv6r
because the news that Trump had won left me shaken722Please respect copyright.PENANAs2ZCUHI21C
for those I’m not sure how to help722Please respect copyright.PENANArYe2wqckBL
when I’ve been given a privilege I didn’t ask for.722Please respect copyright.PENANAkNS5LkLDaS
And while I was driving down the highway722Please respect copyright.PENANAAoWSnA5PE7
I contemplated the notion of jerking the wheel722Please respect copyright.PENANAnfbS9K60HQ
to the left and letting my car hit the divide between the722Please respect copyright.PENANAS8mJmYc4XZ
highway East and the highway West; allow myself to722Please respect copyright.PENANAnXfrzPuJ1O
collide with the wall, break through and destroy722Please respect copyright.PENANAhLkLTW2r62
the other side.722Please respect copyright.PENANAAxIBNMXeY0
Then, I contemplated jerking the wheel to the right722Please respect copyright.PENANAjvqZTQxA65
into the ditch along the grass so I wouldn’t722Please respect copyright.PENANANRf6Q1jl6t
harm anyone else in the process. But I722Please respect copyright.PENANAfhbTtHhdRp
didn’t do either, even though I722Please respect copyright.PENANAFISmXR5epZ
got so scared for a minute722Please respect copyright.PENANASyCDWbOYdM
that I would.
I’m tired.722Please respect copyright.PENANA6U31dYcBDD
Last year on August 22nd, my birthday, I had a similar722Please respect copyright.PENANAdvUOni14aY
reaction to suicidal thoughts. I had a rough722Please respect copyright.PENANA3ETYJVLQv2
birthday; I worked, I was lonely, I felt722Please respect copyright.PENANATmfy2T1vny
pathetic, worthless, uncared for and forgotten722Please respect copyright.PENANA4hPRg2MKiv
so I took the sharpest and largest kitchen knife722Please respect copyright.PENANAxpxIDKn7Ws
and I pressed the tip of it to my chest, above my heart722Please respect copyright.PENANAp1idbKFeaw
and sobbed until I couldn’t sob anymore.722Please respect copyright.PENANAeN9lfSuaxt
I did not press the sharp edge deep enough to722Please respect copyright.PENANATI7RAu0iMg
draw blood, but it was the first time722Please respect copyright.PENANAbHIWrwWqWf
I had allowed myself to722Please respect copyright.PENANAp3FUUm0qlO
get so close to the temptation.
I’m tired.722Please respect copyright.PENANA3505sftOny
I say that I want to die a lot, even though I never722Please respect copyright.PENANAGZa0r2t3au
actually reach out and go through with it722Please respect copyright.PENANAC2ny2EvKFk
I think because I’m afraid of not existing722Please respect copyright.PENANAaxtG14yDZB
just as I’m afraid of existing. And lately I722Please respect copyright.PENANA6GpaNULZI4
have people who reach out to me when I’m not sure722Please respect copyright.PENANAFppw3cdgtT
how to reach out to them, and it’s sweet to have people722Please respect copyright.PENANAG3PPqgelbw
support me, but I go right back to wanting to isolate myself722Please respect copyright.PENANA2ngTIQjlPK
and give up. I have thought about dying every day722Please respect copyright.PENANANNFCNepTmB
for the last few weeks and I wish I could just722Please respect copyright.PENANA8Y92IR8j7z
go through with it.
I’m tired.722Please respect copyright.PENANA5sXmQKtawW
I’m so tired of being forgotten, of arguing722Please respect copyright.PENANAmMlGKiBvo8
for people to care about me when they should722Please respect copyright.PENANARM1Q6Ca5CJ
care about me on their own. I often think that722Please respect copyright.PENANAiOQBFJQ4KM
I should just stop putting in such an effort for those that722Please respect copyright.PENANA1C5EKMH3p4
do not consider me, but I can’t seem to stop caring.722Please respect copyright.PENANA7xRrkmaZP2
She often hurts me more than she improves my life722Please respect copyright.PENANAGUEoc9vpZr
but I’m too afraid to say anything because722Please respect copyright.PENANAAMwruNtROx
I need her. I need her to exist722Please respect copyright.PENANAjVko35R3NB
in my existence, and I need her to722Please respect copyright.PENANA0898S7duHv
be by my side.722Please respect copyright.PENANADFAeOxW2xx
But I’m tired.
I’m tired722Please respect copyright.PENANA7O2IDniYk9
of being tired722Please respect copyright.PENANAskMn3fmJKu
in this tiring life.