And if I had to do it again, I wouldn't. I would trade the loneliness, the guilt, the shame, and the fear for the darkness that would be, if it wasn't for life. I'd hold my soul to the fire and watch, as piece-by-piece, it fades into infinite blackness. My mind is forever plagued by the things I can't change, the people I've hurt, and the clarity I'll never regain. The day-to-day struggle is my vice in a world of unpredictability. I've learned to maintain it, care fr it, and nurture it. Like a flower blooming into regression, I am stable. I live if only to be. The idea of beauty is a lack of understanding. A mere illusion of coinciding factors simultaneously acting on one another, forming a misunderstood mirage of solace.
Synapses fire; leaving me feeling distraught. Cutting ties with reality. Sad days I look back on with a smile, while I'm stuck in my own head. Treading water; counting the seconds until my sanity collapses. Finding comfort in the darkest corners of my mind. And I know that it won't get better, when I still can't catch my breath.
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