voidsit

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Dark poems and writings that sit with grief, suicidality, and existential “what’s the point” questions. TRIGGER WARNING! Read with care; this is where we don’t look away from the void.

the depths

I exist in the corners of my mindand the shadows of my soulI ache in the caverns of my heartand the depths of control I breathe in judgment and assumptionsas I sense it in the airand let it consume the pain in meand change it into care But when that care gets trampledand turned into griefand when the love that used to warmburned all you could see Hope is […]

misty relos merakicat iand - Misty Relos

I and

I’ll disappear into the space where loneliness and connection meetAnd spend my tears through all the years of painful eternityI’ll slow down then dissipate while all the light gets pulledAway from me so it can be reused for a greater cause I’ll disintegrate into the fates that bind us all in deathAnd sleep might come to find no one left with any breathI’ll stop it all before I leave […]

misty relos merakicat moveontowhere - Misty Relos

move on to where?

the waiting, the silence, the non-resolutionteaches you that your truth will always go unheardunless you do something drastic yourself it’s worse when you do go backto try to make sense of what happened,they act like you’re the one stirring things uplike you’re the one who can’t let go but it’s about wanting closure, repairabout wanting understandingabout wanting to be met in the middle but to some, the middle is […]

misty relos merakicat wasittoomuch - Misty Relos

was it too much?

was it too much to just want love?love that stays when i’m falling apartlove that stays when i make mistakeslove that stays when i question the shamewas it too much to just want to be held?held in times of sadness and despairheld in ways that did not feel like painheld in arms that feel like warmth in the rainwas it too much to just want someone there?someone who truly […]

misty relos merakicat unresolvedpain - Misty Relos

unresolved pain

sometimes unresolved pain rises up in us asking for wholenessnot by forcing control or simply enduringbut by surrendering and breaking freethe new path may be dark and unclearit asks for a new kind of strengthit asks for a new kind of courageit asks for a new definitiona new meaninga new beinga new lifeanew anewagain and againonce more but deeperonce more but strongeragain and more and freefree to be who […]

misty relos merakicat howcouldi - Misty Relos

how could i

How could I go onWhen I have already seen the endWhere love is never enoughAnd staying is just pretendHow could I get byWhen pain is all that staysWhere hope is another knifeThat twists itself every dayHow could I have peaceWhen peace is never freeWhere it gets tradedFor a life that doesn’t see i have always lived in the darkand i have always lived in the lightand i have seen […]

misty relos merakicat integrity - Misty Relos

integrity

I wanted to do things that actually made sensenot just obey or pretendto be able to say when something doesn’t feel rightand be met with curiosity and understandinginstead of faking a smile or being dismissedbecause I always asked whyinstead of just acceptingbecause I wantedtradition AND truthcomfort AND clarityconnection over convenienceI want to live in integrity

misty relos merakicat allittakesisoneperson - Misty Relos

all it takes is one person

all it takes is one personwith power and a biasone misunderstandingone snap judgment and suddenlyyour bodyyour lifeyour everythingis no longer yours they train people to hardenthey blame the vulnerablethey treat suffering like an inconveniencethey turn the anger downwardthen they punch downat the people who need careat the people with least powerbecause it’s easier for them we should not leave our humanity to die

misty relos merakicat everythingisrelative - Misty Relos

everything is relative

Everything we reach for in truth, meaning, morality, connection is all shaped by perspective, by context, by what hurts and what we need to believe just to stay alive. Even the most honest words are filtered through someone else’s lens before they make sense and half the time, they don’t even get heard at all. What’s real to one person is delusion to another. What’s unbearable to you is […]