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Don't hate me-- I wrote a poem.

Posted by joybo99 @joybo99, May 16 12:14pm

I can't share these feelings with people I know. So here you are: my latest testimonial to "exhaustion."
I call it STYX.
*****
Beyond Tired is the exhaustion,
Coming from a place I've never seen.
It's not someplace that I can go
And flip a switch or turn a knob.
Sometimes it trickles --but mostly flows
Like unseen plumbing behind a door,
Leaking water from a broken place
I cannot see, unreachable.
The damage seeps around my feet
Onto the floor and so much more.
Beneath a shining sun, blue sky
Everything beneath is soggy, wet
And heavy, mushy at my feet.
Stiff breezes make no ripple on the surface of this unwelcome pond.
Exhaustion sometimes dribbles sometimes flows.
No one cares to live with soggy feet.
Who wants to spend each day fighting the waves?
No sun or wind is powerful enough to dry the ocean.
Or a lake constantly fed by a waterfall of fatigue and damnation.
Cry me a river.

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samuelmyrick | @samuelmyrick | May 16 12:40pm

Cry me a river. Yes.

And the dripping is coming from somewhere, and you can talk to a doctor or friend or journal, and still keeps dripping, unperturbed. And then it gushes out, no discernible reason. Then back to dripping. And no one is more scared and angry than you.

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joybo99 | @joybo99 | May 16 12:53pm
In reply to @samuelmyrick "Cry me a river. Yes. And the dripping is coming from somewhere, and you can talk..." + (show)
@samuelmyrick

Cry me a river. Yes.

And the dripping is coming from somewhere, and you can talk to a doctor or friend or journal, and still keeps dripping, unperturbed. And then it gushes out, no discernible reason. Then back to dripping. And no one is more scared and angry than you.

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Wow.
First I was happy to see someone Actually read it. You did much more and thanks!

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covidstinks2023 | @covidstinks2023 | May 16 1:46pm

Precious Lady, I would never hate you. You have a gift of writing through your pain! What a blessed relief writing can give as it distracts our mind from the pain. God Bless you and praying for relief for you.

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joybo99 | @joybo99 | May 16 1:56pm
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@covidstinks2023

Precious Lady, I would never hate you. You have a gift of writing through your pain! What a blessed relief writing can give as it distracts our mind from the pain. God Bless you and praying for relief for you.

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🥰🥰

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verol65 | @verol65 | May 17 7:43pm

What a moving poem, @joybo99 ! Sending a big hug of comfort and empathy.

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captboat | @captboat | May 18 7:12am
In reply to @samuelmyrick "Cry me a river. Yes. And the dripping is coming from somewhere, and you can talk..." + (show)
@samuelmyrick

Cry me a river. Yes.

And the dripping is coming from somewhere, and you can talk to a doctor or friend or journal, and still keeps dripping, unperturbed. And then it gushes out, no discernible reason. Then back to dripping. And no one is more scared and angry than you.

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@joybo99
@samuelmyrick
Thank you @joybo99 for sharing your wonderful spirit and thank you @samuelmyrick for putting a cherry on top.
What talent we have in our group!
God bless you as you bring healing.

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oldbutstillhere | @oldbutstillhere | May 18 8:26am

Wow. You have a way with words! Thanks for sharing.

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mahmoud123 | @mahmoud123 | May 18 9:28am

خیلی زیبا بود
آفرین

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joybo99 | @joybo99 | May 18 11:45am
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@mahmoud123

خیلی زیبا بود
آفرین

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I wish I could read that.
Saturday greetings

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fala | @fala | May 18 2:57pm

I really enjoyed your poem!
It is SO important that we share, that we and know we are not alone with this miserable pain.
I love that you have kept your sense of humor! I do believe that it is healthier to smile ( even if it is forced) that
it is to" cry in our beer." WE al love this site and are so grateful it is here. Thanks to the CREATORS!

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