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Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #2291016
A collection of my autobiographical poems
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#1058552 added November 1, 2023 at 10:34pm
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Band aids on a mortal wound
I said I sympathised,
and I meant it,
but I never understood.

And I didn't know that
I didn't understand until
it hit too close to home.

Meaningless platitudes and
empty acknowledgements
are no substitute for someone
who has drowned in the same
inky depths.


Free verse. Written 25 April 2016.
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