in three words, i can sum up everything i’ve learned about life: it goes on. -robert frost

some days

you survive from one breath to the next

some days

your stomach only hurts from laughing so hard

some days

some days

some days

some days

you find out one of your friends is in the hospital

they tried to overdose

again

some days

you find out that your grandma is dying

and even though you knew this months ago,

her not being able to get dressed

makes it real

some days

your sister sobs in your car

hyperventilating

panic

while you pray to whatever gods you stopped believing in

that she’ll be okay

some days

you get the job you applied for

you put your two weeks in for the job you hate

move on

some days

you only get four hours of sleep

after writing poems in the dark until 1 am

hoping the words will stop the thoughts

some days

this all happens in twenty-four hours

while it feels like twenty-four years

shocks you when there aren’t any gray hairs

there are no days

where you get to breathe

you never get the choice to stop it all

the world will not wait for you

it will only watch you drown

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