The disease
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
My head is sick.
It makes my body sick.
I wonder how to stop the pain.
This cancerous sore in my being, the soul. A sickly, dying soul.
Is this real? Am I real?
Is everything I ever believed to get me through the suicidal times before just a lie?
Because those same things I used to tell myself...
That I was evolving, developing spiritually, they don't work anymore.
And I look back and think they're all something I made up.
The devil's got me good now.
He's got me questioning and doubting. It's exactly what he wants.
Or maybe I really am sick. A diseased soul that is dying and falling apart.
Maybe it's God's plan for me to die.
Because I no longer like myself. I no longer like my soul.
I feel sick and stuck all the time and want to end it with a noose or a gun.
I speak to friends and wise men. They encourage me.
I don't want to do this anymore.
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Submitted by kbdallas2020 on July 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
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Words | 201 |
Stanzas | 17 |
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