I left the ignorant behind a few doors
a poem
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I saw myself from the outside
And this true tone view scared me to the guts
Then I painted you my whole life
From the day I was born to the day I wanted to die
The colours seemed to come from various origins
You had to assemble them from all the scattered tiny pieces
Since it was all new to you, I was never seen
Yet somehow you were far better than any of them
Throughout the course of my entire life
They never gave me any relief
My broken bones and skulking sand skin
Sufficiently scared them away
As if they wanted to suck it all up until all my diseases
Will merge into one, called improbable entity, “improbability”
I remember you wanted to look up that word in the dictionary
You told me I was born to write
And then I thought I was hurt
To bear witness
About what happened and how it could have been avoided
By future generations that will still suffer
Because if I can’t help myself, I can’t help others
Those were almost your last words to me that day
A day that I will always remember and set as an example
Not because I was knocked out, on my knees, kicked out
But because you were there, invisible, impartial, irrational
Listening to all this, even if I couldn’t find a pinch of sense in it
Challenging my thoughts and me
And now I think I wish everyone
Could have at least a little scope
Of that natural charm
Why do we often fail at this?
Why do we stop being children inside?
Why are we raising them wrong?
Why do we fight of our own free will?
Why do we never see everything?
It’s so simple, it doesn’t require anything
No money, no knowledge, just being
Untouched by biases of any kind
And understanding it all
By looking into the eyes or ears of another
Who needs help at this particular moment
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To Tom, the Samaritan volunteer who helped me that day
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If you have no one to talk to, there are people who will always answer your call, no matter the time. If you struggle like me, you can always talk to the Samaritans.
http://samaritans.org
Call 116 123 for free in Great Britain and Ireland
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Mescaline Brisset
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in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
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and your gut,
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