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Stand the Jump

October 17, 2018
By SumerParadise_ GOLD, Milton, West Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"Like a wildflower, you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people never thought you would."

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I have been standing

on the ledges of rusty bridges

in places people cannot find me.

 

Looking onto the rushing waters

below my trembling legs,

I beg to feel again.

 

I pry my dead weight

from the edge,

my heart rate increasing

as I plunge into the creek.

 

Finally drowning

in something other than my mind,

I am blissfully swallowed

by the undertow.

 

Making me feel

for the first time

since you.

© Loni B., Hamilton, TX

The author's comments:

This is not a poem of suicide.

 

However, if you or a loved one are feeling suicidal, the national prevention hotline is a text to 741-741

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