It'll be alright

by redacted_words   Aug 7, 2019


It'll just be small cut
And then it'll all be alright
No one can hurt you any further
As you'll slowly fade away into the night
Maybe after all of this numbness, you might finally feel the blade
As you turn it in your hand feeling the cold metal
Thinking about how anyone loving you was all just a mistake made
But you'll be forgotten soon enough
Cause you never were remembered
How just a small cut can cure this life so rough
As in this moment you'll let go of all that was treasured
Your body will hurt as it lets go all that's toxic
And will soon leave behind; a beautiful carcass
And soon, a serene calmness like that of a narcotic
And once it's all over, it'll all be alright.

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  • 5 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    This was quite difficult to read, because even from the first line, it resonated with me deeply. It's heartbreaking how we can reassure ourselves that one small cut will make everything alright, when that can be the start of a vicious cycle of self-harm and it just keeps spiraling. We think the relief will be worth but it is often temporary and not enough.

    I think the saddest and most hard hitting truth about depression is that it can numb us, so we do anything just to feel something. To feel a sense of calm. Some people think depression is marked only by "sadness", but it's much more complex. The scariest thing to me is learning what lengths we'll go to in order to feel alright, in order to continue the day-to-day.

    Keep going, keep striving to find that "more". Because there is more out there. I truly hope things will be alright, too, though sometimes we must wait it out no matter how much we want a solution or way to get by. But it will come <3

  • 5 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    I've been in this position and I can tell you now as a man of 38, it's not the answer. Cliched as it sounds, things really do always get better in the end but I do understand that it doesn't always feel like that.
    Hold on, stay strong and keep writing.

    All the very best and take care,

    Ben

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