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i want to be held

Linda M. Crate

depression has swallowed me
whole
no one’s noticed,
and i know i cannot force anyone
to care;
but i wish they did

i just want to live past thirty six
that’s the age my uncle was when his
demons conquered him—

sometimes i don’t know if i will make it,
but there is so much more that i want to do;
so many stories i wish to tell

many more things i want to experience—

but the days have been hard and lonely,
i just want someone to reach out to me
for once;

why am i always the one reaching for a hand to hold?
i wish the ones i love would sometimes hold me.

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