Chronically Alive

By Jasper Dabrowski

A collection of poems for those who feel like their brain is an enigmatic blackhole. This is for those whose bodies wage war against them. Even when the stars don't appear to shine they are there. Hope for remission and recovery is there for us even when we feel like our world is too broken to continue on. I am here to say we are in this togethe

• Language: English
• Publisher: Moon Quill and Ink
• Release date: Sep 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798218033675

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you ask me

why im tired

when I am

privileged to

stay at home

you ask me

where my pain

is in disbelief

it is everywhere

in every fiber

of my existence

exhaustion

courses through

my body

with my blood

because there is nothing

i can do

except stand outside myself

and scream

noiselessly

while daily tasks break

my spirit

and grey clouds

take over

dampening my thoughts

and so when i tell you

i am tired of living

believe me

i am not

being dramatic

i don’t want

anyone’s attention

i am

not

in

danger

these are just straight facts

of being

chronically ill

and chronically

alive

chronically alive

even