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A Ticket to Hell

I didn’t think I would be triggered today. But here we are. Being triggered leads to dark poetry, and an end to writers block I suppose or maybe it’s the beginning again, oh my gosh noooooo. Come join me. Pretty please. 🙏🏽

By Caitlin CharltonPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
Using Gemini

If I were to wake In hell

Then I would’ve wasted my health

If I threw anger like lava

Then I will burn on earth where I stay

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To save the young from the one under

The one I will leave behind with age

The one who will hunger

Until she finds the sage

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There’s no good in the world

We took it all to the grave

If I woke up in hell

I will surrender

The 29 years I’ve lived

Wasting time with anger

But it wrinkles my skin

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Frustrating the peace

Stay in the cage

Until I am kind again

That’s when I will say

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There’s nothing BUT good in this world

Are you a friend or foe

Or wind in the cold

I say don’t provoke the smoke

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But it’s me that’s in control

I’ve got to fight the sick and sow

Fruits of love and peace

When my eyes are closed

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If I were to wake up in hell

I’ll wake with a bleeding nose

I am at war with myself

There’s things she does that I don’t share

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Before I go to bed tonight

She will scream in my head and bite

And I will say, go to sleep you sick beast — I don’t care tonight

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Bride of anger

When will you surrender?

You say to me

The day you squander hells bread

Your yeast will make you rise instead

So I die tonight

I die to myself

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The idea for this layout came from reading Komals work over time.

A/N: Too triggered to write a proper a/n. But I hope you all are doing well. Hopefully no one else is triggered today. Thank you so much if you got this far ♥️🤗🙏🏽

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About the Creator

Caitlin Charlton

Writer first. Close reader and self‑taught critic shaping eloquence.

A survivor reclaiming her territory.

I write dark fiction and poetry through symbol, shadow, and fracture.

Always sharpening the craft. ✏️🔥👠

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    Written by Caitlin Charlton