# Poem: Slippery Crying

Author: zetasyanthis
Tags: Poem, Sad, mental health

#16 of 2021 Mental Health Crisis

Wires and tightropes and catches oh my,  
my heart can't withstand the pain;  
Wires and tightropes and things I despise,  
my mind can't withstand the rain.

Of intrusive thoughts, of intrusive acts  
my mind will always toward-slip.  
And yet, even still, I'm here and around  
and never my life I will quit.

Of dangers and horror I know far too much  
to cross the waters of Styx  
I have too much left, too far to swim,  
to let death finally stick.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/P1EKZEQm
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