Outcry

Been a minute since I posted anything

Why are you cutting yourself?

Why are you hurting yourself?

I love you so much,

Please stop degrading yourself;

Don’t talk about killing yourself.

I need you here,

Not dead or anywhere else,

Need you to take care of yourself.

Do it for me,

Please just stop hurting yourself.

Don’t be so hard on yourself.

 

There are way too many friends of mine that are drowning in depression.

It’s a sickness, it’s an ailment, it is just straight up oppression.

I wanna stay with you till it seems like I have an obsession.

If it means I can help some I won’t even bother to ask any questions.

 

You know I would

Take your pain for myself if I could,

And I feel like I should

Do something to help you feel good;

But I don’t know how,

I don’t know what you will allow,

Don’t want to drive you away so for now,

I’ll just stay close and somehow,

Ignore the pain in my chest.

But my heart hurts so bad I can’t get any rest.

Looking at the scars on your arm makes me depressed.

Don’t care if I seem obsessed.

I know your mind isn’t right.

I know that you try to fight

The urges that you feel at night.

Am I angry? Not quite.

I just wanna help you get through.

But I don’t know what to do.

I’m still just a kid,

Then again so are you.

You don’t have to feel alone.

If you need to talk just pick up the phone.

Don’t feel like you need to atone

For your emotional cyclone.

Any apologies you may have are already accepted;

I don’t blame you for feeling so rejected.

I guess I just feel kind of dejected

That I can’t ease the burden by which you are being affected.

I am not really fond of shedding tears,

But I’ve known you for so many years,

You know I’d cry for you.

You know I’d die for you.

I wish you would live for me;

That’s all that I want you to do.

 

So please just stop cutting yourself.

Please just stop hurting yourself.

I love you so much,

Please stop degrading yourself

Don’t talk about killing yourself.

I need you here

Not dead or anywhere else,

Need you to take care of yourself

Do it for me,

Please just stop hurting yourself.

Don’t be so hard on yourself.

Author's Note

Rhythm on this one is a little strange. Tell me if you had a hard time finding the flow.

Reviews

[Hyacinth]

Been a while since I’ve even been on this site, Josh. Probably been longer that I’ve read something of yours, and this? Yeah, it’s not perfectly structured, but it’s real.

I can see that, and i understand that.

This is the best thing to come back to, because it’s sad but it’s true to so many people.

This feels personal and honest, but gives so much hope.

Thank you.