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Book 1

by Downsyde

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November 16, 2025

The ache between the bones

Today.. for a variety of reasons I feel incredibly sad and deafeningly alone. And there's not much else I want to say about it 


November 15, 2025

No Metaphors

I wrote the the poem below on May 13th of this year. May 13th is a special day for me. I spent the day with B and she had a laugh attack that went on for minutes and minutes and minutes brought...


October 30, 2025

Flawed

Hey babe, it's true... You have flaws You can be selfish But I love you...You can be avoidant and you can shut me out But I love you You can be insecure and you can rant and rave But I love yo...


October 16, 2025

She won't even...

I really fucked up.  I was manipulative... But it wasn't out of malice or control, it wasn't really conscious either. I wasn't trying to affect her independence... I was acting out of fear...


October 12, 2025

Faith

Have faith, have faith, you say There's nothing you can't do if you just have a little faith But I've been praying on my knees for so long the wounds no longer clot  Just listen, you say. J...


October 11, 2025

4 Things

1. I'm okay with how things are right now 2. Take your time 3. Nothing needs to be decided in this very moment  4. Just keep it simple Ok cool Noted 


October 11, 2025

Today

Today has been terrible... mentally and physically exhausting.  It's like the worse I feel physically, the worse my mind gets...or the other way around.  I know I'm the only one who can turn ...


October 09, 2025

Bricks

Brick by brick  Build the wall up around my head  Silence this voice And silence these thoughts  Leave me here in the dark  This fight is no longer worth it And I don't have the strength ...


October 09, 2025

Giving up

I know what it looks like when someone in my situation gives up.. I've seen it. The pressure sores, edema, staying in the chair for 24 hours, not bathing for weeks, infection.. it's how my frie...


October 09, 2025

Effort

I hate to break it to you But we've never been 100% of anything I don't know what that even meansAnd it was much too soon to know I can't give you 100% of what I have I haven't been 100% since I...


October 08, 2025

Overthinking

I overthink, constantly and always  This will never change  And so, I've thought and thought about all the ways and all the reasons why... All the red flags and all complications  For why I...


October 08, 2025

These walls

What do you expect when the walls keep tightening?What do you expect when the walls start talking? What do you expect when no one else is listening? I can't keep it all together anymore And I'm ...


October 08, 2025

Fears

Take two... Dying alone in a hospital  Never really letting go of the past  Never really finding a peace within myself Realizing that B doesn't love me like she used to... Failing again in ...


September 28, 2025

Connection

Why do things seem to be so hard lately? Not just for me but for everyone? Everyone's suffering from anxiety.. loneliness.. whatever else.. seems like there's some kind of epidemic going on.. a...


September 24, 2025

Conversations at 2 AM

I know I lose control off the things I say  And nothing good happens after 2:00 but these late nights under neon lights Just feed my bad habits  Contemplating everything we ever said  Conv...


September 23, 2025

Killing demons

I wish I didn't miss you..  I wish I didn't hope every ding on my phone was you... I wish you didn't give up... I wish you just wanted to talk to me... I wish we could just watch TV again...


September 19, 2025

Heart

Last night at around 12:30 I woke up with the middle of my chest and back in excruciating pain And intense pressure in my head.. I felt like the top half of my body wasn't able to circulate bloo...


September 18, 2025

And to top off this day...

My brother is back in the hospital. They sent him home on Monday after being attacked the day before. He had some mild bleeding on the brain after being hit by some crazy person downtown.  App...


September 17, 2025

Well, that didn't go as planned

For anyone who reads this on a regular basis, this should be the last time I carry on about this in any long-form fashion, but I need to see this laid out in front of me to get any kind of...


September 16, 2025

What Do You Want?

See? When I love, I love hard... It's not small, and it can happen quick. It burns white hot... And it wants to get inside of you. Inside of your heart, inside of your mind, inside of your so...


September 16, 2025

Letting Go

You know, when someone keeps telling you something over and over at some point you should really just fucking listen... That's it, that's all... I should have something else to write about her...


September 12, 2025

This is How You Lose Her

It starts by triggering her, unintentionally of course, but some damage was done anyway. And then she shuts you out again for the second time in about a month but this time it's not earth-s...


August 29, 2025

There are no more words

There's so many things I've written down here and I've deleted them all. I have no emotion left... Or whatever's there.. I don't want to share it  I have no trust left.. or whatever's ther...


August 23, 2025

Pain

Pain Never goes away  It sits and waits  Like an old friend  In my muscles, in my soul  Can you take it away? Put your hands on me please?  Let me feel just for a moment what it's like ...


August 23, 2025

Four words to choke upon

These streets, they don't wonder They don't need an explanation They carry the hum of an entire city on their back And they're the first to feel the cracks The first to feel the blood drip d...


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