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Heartless

by mettatierra 8/29/2013

written by mettatierra

When I woke up this morning the trees didn’t work
Birdsong had turned to gunfire,
and the stars were in the dirt
Snow feels like a heatwave,
sunshine feels like rain
If a feather touches my skin it causes me pain

Come back!
Come back, and make the world work again
Come back, and put an end to all this mess
Come back, and prove the world’s not heartless
Come back, and prove the world’s not … heartless

The air is thick as tar,
and my skin is bruised and stung
I try to talk but no one understands my tongue
With every passing second I age […]

8/29/2013 0 comment

My First Post: The plan, the hope, the end.

by toxicluminoth 7/25/2013

written by toxicluminoth

Iâ€™ve been suicidal for many years and, to an extent, most of my life. Not a manic obvious case of suicide but a quite, calm and patient case. It was supposed to all happen tomorrow, Friday, July 26th 2013 but wonâ€™t.

I realized recently that my plan all this time was not the right way to go about things. The plan was to take my friendâ€™s handgun and walk from his place to the nearby hospital. There I would warn the staff about the events that were going to take place, to prepare surgery for my organ donation, and to clear out the area so that […]

7/25/2013 2 comments

My Ultimatun

by dedsldr 8/16/2012

written by dedsldr

I am a deployed military member on my 3rd combat deployment. Since joining I have never seen any combat. No mortar has ever come close. No IED has ever went off. No shots have been fired at me. I joined to go fight. I wanted to achieve greatness and kill the enemy. I changed jobs this time in order to give myself a better chance of getting in an engagement. This time like every other time I have beem deemed too necessay for staying on the FOB. To make matters worse, my spouse was hit by […]

8/16/2012 3 comments