POEM STARTER

Imagine you are peacefully drifting between the stars. Write a poem about this experience.

Apoapsis

Nothing makes sense anymore

Nothing feels real anymore

Drifting

D r i f t i n g

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Between tiny dots of light.


When I was younger

I wanted to kill myself

Because I was in so much pain

Right now

I would kill myself

Because I just want things to feel real

I don’t even feel pain right now

Just cold

Hard

I n d i f f e r e n c e.


Even to my own best friend

And I’d say I’m terrified

That she will hate me

Or worse

Hate herself

Because of me

But I’m not terrified.

I really don’t care.


I don’t think I care about anything right now.


Maybe I’m just flying between orbits

And I’ll find one soon

And be ok

But honestly

Maybe I don’t want to.


I know it would destroy

So many people

And maybe that’s part of the reason I want to

A joy in my sick mind

Watching others suffer because of me

If I don’t enjoy it

I might just break

From how much hurt I cause

Other people to feel.


In the end

They’d all get better

Eventually

I’ll be forgotten.


I know I won’t kill myself.

If you’re worried.

I won’t pretend

There aren’t people who care about me.

But I also won’t pretend

That the care is below a surface level.

And I will not pretend

That anyone in real life really knows me.


I’m losing

More and

More

Of myself

Everyday.


Maybe I don’t even know myself.


At least I’m not close enough

For the stars to blind me

So I breathe

In

And

Out

And feel nothing

There is no oxygen here

However I am not suffocating

As I drift away

From the previous orbits

That kept me alive.

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