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Important Disclaimer
This poem addresses depression, and more specifically, suicide. It is meant only as an expression of art, and should not be taken in any real-life context.
If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or tendencies, there are many resources that can help.
National Suicide Prevention #
1-800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
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Wish
I wish I may
I wish I might
I wish to get through one more night
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To fight through pain
This midnight rain
These tears that pour down with it now
Let me hold on
Thoughts, please begone
I try but fear I don’t know how
The hurt, it rests inside my chest, a heart that’s heat could solder iron
Burns within with every sin and all their metaphoric fire
I beg release
A soothing peace
Things which only live in dream
Hope, bare to me
A Winter’s tree
Thirsting for just one small stream
The hollowed wood is truth, you see
It lies there in melancholy
Dead, or dying, all alone
Drifting into dark unknown
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I wish I may
I wish I might
Please grant me strength to live, tonight
