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.