Grief Literature

I Have To Keep Saving Myself

Poetry

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I have to keep saving myself from dying
I keep trying
But the pain keeps weighing on me
I’m 10 feet away from the abyss
But it’s you I keep thinking about
When I think of you, the burden becomes too great
So, I start to sink…

9 feet away
8 feet away
7 feet away
6 feet away
5 feet away
4 feet away
3 feet away
2 feet away
1 foot away

No one can save me, but myself
But do I want to be saved?

Abyss
Deep
Darkness
Black
Sleep
Emptiness
Gray
Death

I try to find a crack to break the black
I look for a bit of light to help me see
That it’s okay, and I’ll be alright
I try to break the cobwebs on my eyes
So I can see beyond the pain of this magnitude and size