nobody has to be strong enough for this

[whoaisme]

nobody has to be strong enough for this
(for Jason Molina)

the most important
thing to do
is
loving
ourselves.

the way you don't want to say goodbye,
you'd rather say see you later

and every star that has gathered
beneath my eyelids
thinks of you
and the strength
you tried to have

(we, the ones who smoke and drink
like breathing—this isn't a party. this
is survival.)

and your spirit
the way you never knew
enough, until you passed
it

the ones that death
could never shake
the ones who looked
at the sky like themselves

my brothers. my sisters.
my people who would not know
my pain

because of me
because of me

i forgot all the words for
hell. i learned how to say
love and mean it

and you don't want to go
to sleep, you want
to live forever

[Doreen Peri]

strong piece