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Not a poem

I’m just using this as a way to talk

And feel like I’m not talking to myself.

This is not a poem

When I was a kid I thought the future would be better, not worse!

Haha…haha.. damn!

I dreamt of the future, of everything I was going to do, the man I was going to be

I didn’t know I was going to be that fat, poor, single, 35-year-old loser!

If I could go back in time and give advice to my younger self

It would be to kill yourself now! It’s not going to get better!

You will never love yourself

No one will ever love you

You will never be strong enough to chase what you want in life

You will never be strong enough

You will always be empty and lost and wandering

And the world will blame everything on you

Because you’re a man

You’re a white man

Therefore everything, is always, your fault

Just deal with it and “be a man”

Damn!

Shit!

I didn’t know life was just gonna get worse!

You drift empty and alone, and when people see you struggling

Your own family will spit on you and shame you.

Jesus…

What was the point??

Death is the only hope I have left

The last great mystery

I used to think I might find love and belonging and wonders outside my door

There isn’t any

Life is a cold and barren wasteland, it always has been, and likely always will be

We don’t all get to find peace, and love, and safety and strength and warmth.

You’re not the main character, this isn’t your story

You’re just a conscious scrap of nothingness, lost in the wind

I have no more hope

I haven’t had hope for years

I just got angry, and fought against the knife, with my pride

My pride wrestled my car back to the road

My pride pushed me back from the ledge

Because…

I “deserve” more than this

But I can’t….

I’m just a mortal human, I can’t bear this.

The only hope, and wonder that exists

Is on the other side of death

Damn!

What the fuck happened?

The crazy thing is

The older I get

The more surreal it all is…

The more it feels like all of this, is just…a mirage

I’m not gonna kill myself

But shit…I can’t wait to die