The love by Lenniahelen
The only thing that keeps me alive is my kids
The ones I plan on birthing
And my family bc I know that they love me
They love me so much they’d give up everything they had to make sure I was okay
And my friends
My dear friends
They just suffered a loss
And I don’t want to add on to their burdens
Their love keeps me alive
It hugs me tighter
Than the handmade noose waiting for me on the ceil fan
And it pulls me harder
Than my finger on the trigger of the gun
So I fight harder than any bath water that tries to swallow me up
Because the love keeps me alive.
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