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How to or not to Cope
It’s hard to cope sometimes, with life.
Whether it’s dealing with people or feelings or things that happened and weren’t supposed to.
Most of the time, I can’t help but being ridiculously sad or depressed.
Some days I can’t deal with it, so people ask me if I’m okay.
I’m not, and that’s alright, I guess.
But sometimes it’s not.
I feel myself becoming bluer by the hour, minute, second even.
I fall into a deep, black abyss and I can’t concentrate.
I become dull and I feel disconnected.
My body is there, going through the motions but mentally I’m in a hole.
A lot of people think things about me that can be painful to hear.
But I think the same about myself.
It’s worse when you hear what you think, from someone else’s mouth.
A lot of people tell me that I don’t let anyone in and it’s true.
Some have even told me that I am numb, inside and out.
I think it’s from shock, or from being overwhelmed as a middle school student always is.
The only way out is a tiny rope, mentally that is.
The blob that represents my soul has to climb, extremely slow, up that rope.
And then I’m fine.
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