My pain has always been prettier on paper... The way my tears land and make the ink bleed through the faded blue lines... The way my frustration smears the page into blurs of illegible letters and marbled designs... The way my notebook's corners are curled during the hours of countless sighs... And the way my fingers twist my misery... So that it's prettier than what's inside.
Anonymously Hal 
That’s intense imagery.
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Thank you Matt 🖤
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Amazing one… love the way you penned it.
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Thank you Simon!!!! 🙂🖤
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You captured the fine details in such poetic lines. Poetry does make tragedy, trauma or sadness prettier.
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Thank you Cassa. Yes it does… Pretty sounding words can lessen the impact. ❤️
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Not sure it’s a good thing or not. I am indecisive on this one.
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I think it’s a bad thing at times. I think mental illness is almost viewed as “cool” these days and pretty words can make it seem almost romantic… Or attractive to some degree.
However, for those truly suffering, releasing pain through pretty words does lessen the angst.
❤️
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Mental illnesses are debilitating at times when not being managed well or not treated or stabilised. The suffering is also unique to individuals. That makes it very difficult to loved ones to understand, relate to and know how to support the suffer.
But I guess showing genuine care and concern and be honest about our own limitation, is the minimum respect and empathy.
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I agree. I still feel like I’ll never be completely stable. You hit the nail on the head here.
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Reblogged this on Medico Musings and commented:
Wonderful imagery!
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Thank you!!! I appreciate it!!!!
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So skilfully done.. Loved it.. It’s far more than just beautiful.. 👍🏼😊👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼…..
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Thank you!!! I truly appreciate it!!! 😊❤️
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You don’t have to be completely well or completely stable. You are more than enough just as you are. Someone who cares will see your struggle and help, or just be supportive. ❤️
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Thank you 🖤 Honestly, I think if I was completely stable… Life would be boring. I don’t want to struggle, but I also don’t want to feel dull.
But thank you 🖤 I appreciate you.
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And i appreciate you.
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I think you’re interesting. We’re all niche markets. We all are interesting to the right person.
It takes time.
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True and thank you ☺️ I like to think that I’m interesting but don’t we all? 😏
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Yes! We all like to think you’re interesting. 😉
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Haha I meant ourselves 🤣 We all like to think we’re interesting to a degree lol
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😊 We do! And some of us are.
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Sublime 🖤
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🖤🖤🖤
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👍🖤
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