If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide and/or self-injury, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-TALK (8255).
I’m not good right now
I’m not well at all
But here I am!
Right over here
I’m still alive
Beating the odds
As I’m holding on by a thread.
Walking a tight rope 50 feet from the ground wishing the wind would blow me off
Onto some rich douchebag’s BMW.
Splat.
Fall down go boom.
And yet within this self-destructively suicidal wish….
I hope that a magical safety net would fly from out of nowhere to catch me as I fall.
And I wish someone was there.
Anyone would give a fuck enough about me to hold me as I break the fuck down.
But yet here I am
Alone
Me against the world
“Fighting the good fight”
Trying every day to walk away from the darkness toward the light
Functionally suicidal I guess
As I try to live a “normal life.”
I still go to work every day
I pay my bills
I file my taxes
I write these blog posts
I try to remain as hopeful as I can.
But I’m crumbling inside.
I’m drowning
In a sea of self-doubt and regret
I’m sucked into the unrelenting quicksand of my blackened mind
Choking.
Suffocating.
I continue to willingly live with the darkest recesses of my poisoned mind.
The darkness is slowing overtaking the light.
In here everything stays the same
And nothing will ever fucking change.
I can’t fucking take this shit anymore!
So the eternal question still remains:
Should I stay or should I go?
The continually running juxtaposed narrative of wishing I was dead
Yet by finding too much beauty in the world I’ve made at least one excuse to live.
The bitter pill of truth says
I am just as worthless as I was when I was at age 16.
The sweetness of the nectar of lies says
I can survive to fight another day.
This is the co-dependent duality of my fucked up so-called life.
I don’t know how I’ve made it this far.
I don’t know why I’m still alive.
But I am.
I’m still here.
I keep going.
I keep moving.
I keep living.
And I’m still fucking standing.
I’m not sure if I’ll make it to age 65.
I’m not sure if I’ll make it to this summer
I’m not even sure if I’ll make it to tomorrow
Living on borrowed time in this temporary shell of skin and bone and blood.
Functionally suicidal I guess.
But I can try
To stay alive
To live to see another day
I have to try
To stay alive
So I can see another sunset
Or see anther sunrise.
I need to try
To stay alive
So I won’t die.
Peter is also a mental health advocate dedicated to helping people with mental illness.
In his free time, Peter is in search for the greatest taco trucks in the Pacific Northwest. Peter is a raver and PLUR warrior, video game junkie, coffee addict, and an all-around pretty cool guy. Trance, house, and techno music keeps Peter a very happy guy.
Peter lives in the greatest city on Planet Earth. The Emerald City…Seattle, Washington
A brave and powerful piece, Peter. I thank you for sharing with us, and for waking up to see another sunrise ❤ Love you, brother!
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This really hit on borrowed time.. I have often wondered Why i been given time.. is it my Family is because I’m scared is it because my Mother used up Her borrowed time and left me behind and I can’t … I’m so tired up down. Walking around with a mask of a smile, when you have no face I’m not giving up.! Thank you 🖤🌹🖤
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Thank you, Alicia, for being a brave warrior. Keep fighting the good fight, sister. You are never alone.❤️
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Thank you for giving me this opportunity,. Nicole. I love you as well, sister! ❤️
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Like a good carpenter, hit that nail and drove if straight in.
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Indeed he did, he is a warrior of the fiercest kind.
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Thank you, Bob. I really appreciate it!
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Borrowed Time is real
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Brave, powerful and bold.
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Thank you dearest Jackie for your warm words. ❤️
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Ditto!
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:47 AM, The Lithium Chronicles wrote:
> Nicole Lyons posted: “If you or someone you know is struggling with > thoughts of suicide and/or self-injury, please call the National Suicide > Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-TALK (8255). I’m not good right now I’m > not well at all But here I am! Right over here I’m still al” >
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Love! Resonates with me so well. Thank you again for touching my heart.
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