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A poem about doom scrolling

By Silver DauxPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
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You just want to turn it off, don't you?

This filter that you are viewing the world through,

You want to turn it off, close your eyes, go to sleep.

The exhaustion is a heavy thing in your bones,

Can't you feel the weight of it dragging you into the dirt?

Just a cruel master pushing you toward the grave

As it sucks out the last bits of color from your dreams.

Ah no, you can't feel it at all, can you?

Is it because the weight has become a familiar thing

Or is it because you have stopped dreaming altogether

That you cannot recognize the heaviness of your soul?

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Silver Daux

Writer of the dark! Think of it like flipping rocks, the weird little stories underneath are my jam and jelly. Jam and butter? Just jam. Absolutely no use of AI in any of my works :)

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    Written by Silver Daux