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The Reach-Out
September 15, 2021
Reach out to me.
Reach out to burning embers.
Try and hold this which is too hot.
My thousand-degree eyeheart
is coming apart.
A thousand different nights
whirl in a cacophony of tornado-sirens
that go unheard
as my invisible brainwires are unheard of
until they are gone.
My heart is a wall
I am thrown against.
I never know who I am
until my green leaves turn brown
when they speak of love.
I try and forgive
that which I’m not allowed admit is wrong.
I try hard to not be a shallow ocean-reef.
I try so hard.
Still, the ships that sail on me
sail in dangerous pink waters.
© Lindsay S., Billings, MT
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This article has 4 comments.
SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Sep. 17 2021 at 7:47 pm
honesty! it probably works! who knew?
SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Sep. 17 2021 at 7:47 pm
i was thinking about saying something like 'someday it will be better' but i dont want you to go down that track, and i cant think of anything to say that means anything. i dont want to give you fake comfort. so what if im honest?
alright, here we go. no, its not ok. and it doesnt matter if it will be in the future because youre hurting right now. your pain is valid. people see you. people care. (wow i sound deep and meaningful like i did in my head! i never sound the same way outloud as i do in my head!)
alright, here we go. no, its not ok. and it doesnt matter if it will be in the future because youre hurting right now. your pain is valid. people see you. people care. (wow i sound deep and meaningful like i did in my head! i never sound the same way outloud as i do in my head!)
Some people on ti know too much about me, more than my own family, cause I can't help emotionally vomiting. This one is just another fling in the emotional barf-bucket.