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trying to save your life

not a haiku

By kory salajkaPublished 5 months ago 1 min read
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ink dots on cardboard | original art 2021

do you know what it's like?

to try,

and get tired?

and try again and get tired and try again?

you know that feeling you have

to muster up the energy to try again?

and you try again with good energy.

and then you get tired again?

you know what it's like to feel like you're

trying to save your life

but you get tired?

but you try again?

and you try again.

can you try again.

and you can't believe that you have to

keep trying so much.

that's what makes it really tiring too.

do you know what i'm talking about?

well hugs to you if you do.

because i do too.

. . . [11/22/23]

coming home from work one night. tired. cried a little bit. but i'll stay with it. i know i'm on to something here. good luck to us all - this living is strange.

thanks for reading - kory

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About the Creator

kory salajka

i am a multi-disciplinary artist who has come to writing haiku daily to let out what’s inside as i live about the world, and i am loving it - (all original art)

connect w/ me and/or check out my visual art on instragram

or my website

thanks!

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran5 months ago

    Oh I know that feeling all too well. I hope you felt better after writing this. And yes, this living is indeed strange!

  • Kendall Defoe 5 months ago

    Stay out of my head. 😉👍🏽

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