Prevail

Do not despair, and never give up
When everyone seems to have moved on
and you are their ashes, left lingering
With nothing left to do but fall

Hold on and stand tall
even when they try to crush you
and you can taste the bloody tears
that have crept from your eyes,

to lips and tongue

Salt tingling bitterly

And no one seems to care

But still, hold on!

Because someone does

It will get better, I promise you,

if you only let it

And I just want you to know

that you are never alone

Author notes

Inspired by My Chemical Romance, and the following quote:
20. CARL JUNG: There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness

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emotion illness - ROUND ONE. by stasis. 1200 points, ended March 24, 12 entries
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stasis
March 20
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Emotion: 13/20
Spelling and Grammar: 9.5/10
Beginning and Ending: 5/10
Personal Opinion: 7.5/10
Creativity/Originality: 7/10
Relation to Quote: 9/10
Imagery/Metaphor/Poetic Devices: 5/10
Title: 4/5
Diction: 3/5
Line-breaking/Flow: 4/5
Impact: 2/5

TOTAL: 69/100
stasis
March 3
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