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Hokey Okay
Hokey Okay - Experiences with the mental health teams
The police bring you in, next thing you’re out,
In out in out, fucks your head about,
They do the okay okay and turn you around,
Claiming that your mindsets sound!
Woahhh you’re okay okay,
Noooo, ill chokey chokey,
Woahhh, you’re okay okay
Head hurts, alarms sound ah ah ah
Then you’re back in again, out ...
Sunday 17th December 2023 10:22 pm
Aftermath
I attempted suicide,
But I didn't die,
Not losing my life,
But what it means to be alive.
I'm drained of all motivation to continue,
But also of all strength to follow through,
I shouldn't be here,
It hurts, but it's true.
My days feel so long,
My existence feels so wrong,
I can't look at life the same,
Because I simply don't belong.
I can't be happy,
Or even...
Saturday 26th January 2019 10:12 pm
Redemption
Redemption
The black soul of a sinner,
in a numbing amphetamine haze,
listens to the screech of bats
and considers his end of days.
Sitting in the suicide dark
in Marion County, Tennessee,
he has followed the stumbling ghosts
of the Chickamauga Cherokee.
He listens to the whispering water
tempting him in that cave
where he thinks no one will find him
to lay flowers on his grave.
Y...
Wednesday 21st January 2015 10:43 pm
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