12:00 A.M High Tide

Kid sitting at the edge of a dock.

Legs swinging in free fall.

Wood scrapes into his hands.

 

He thinks that the stars can talk to him.

He thinks they are whispering that they’re his best friends,

And that they want him to

 

Do even better

Work a little harder

Stay up a little later
 

Poor kid doesn’t understand 

He’s killing himself on accident

wph

VT

17 years old

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