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stay alive

just keep on keeping on.

By caylynn Published 3 years ago 1 min read
stay alive
Photo by Stephanie Greene on Unsplash

stay alive because there is beauty

beauty in everything we see,

so they say… (how cliche!)

stay alive for the fluffy bullshit

that social media spews at you,

those self help videos that just

tell you not to be sad.

don’t become their statistic.

stay alive for the people you don’t like

the people who would show up to your funeral

despite despising you until your last breath

stay alive to ward off

fake eulogies from girls with

eyelashes looking like wings.

girls that cared less when

your eyes were stained red

from your salty tears.

girls that encouraged habits

that destroys you from the inside.

stay alive out of spite,

even if that’s your only reason,

stay alive.

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About the Creator

caylynn

canadian. adhd. lgbtq+.

writing brings me joy! if you read anything i post on here, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

current icon: chapelle roan

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