Above my head
Like a clever joke
Hanging limply
Was a nylon rope
Out the window
Like a bird set free
My hope had flown
And abandoned me
Out of the blue
Like a miracle
Advice you gave
Was empirical
I heard your words
“Friend, please stay alive”
Then tied that noose
Around my mind
Burrowed your words
Under my skin
And hope to never
Hang that rope again
SWD 03/2018
Another piece inspired by Twenty One Pilots as a whole and how they have impacted my mental well-being.
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This poem has an unusual quality about it. I can’t describe how it makes me feel. I can only say that it asks to be read over and over again.
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