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it’s okay not to be okay
Ended July 7, 2020 • 6 Entries • Created by ColdRamen
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wabisabi
• 100 reads

cocoon

Some days, I awake,

and I am the butterfly.

Others, I awake,

and I'm what remains

of the caterpillar.

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it’s okay not to be okay
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Mara_C
• 58 reads

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay

It's okay not to be okay,

It's okay to feel down,

feel sad,

maybe even feel like the world in crumbling around you,

like if everything will be dust in a matter of seconds,

one second,

two,

maybe three.

But,

Please,

don't lie about how you feel,

don't give me a feeble,

weak,

broken,

see-through smile,

saying it's all fine,

couldn't be better,

A-okay.

Don't lie with a broken smile,

and positive words about how you are.

Don't smile,

when your sanity is snapping,

and your tears are building up,

don't smile...

don't smile,

when your heart is cracking.

It's Okay

Not

To Be

Okay.

23.6.2020

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it’s okay not to be okay
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Finder
• 64 reads

The Wisdom of Cells

It's okay not to be okay

but

it is not wise

informed

or healthy.

We have wisdom

in our cells

that scream out

when something's wrong

well before blood tests, x-rays or CAT scans

detect physical changes.

Listen to your body

sense change

know

when

you are not okay.

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EstherFlowers1
• 64 reads

What A Load Of Crap.

“It’s okay not to be okay”

Is that what they told you to say?

What a useless platitude.

What a dismal attitude!

’Think that shit’ll set you free?

Try it, just don’t cry to me

When you’re a shiv’ring ball of dread

Without the guts to say what’s said.

Pull yourself together chap!

Haul yourself up by the strap,

Face your demons in the eye,

And tell ’em to vacate this sty!

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it’s okay not to be okay
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AnaStates
• 38 reads

It’s okay not to be okay

I look at where you used to lie

The pillow’s fluffed and still

I touch the shirt you used to wear

That silly stain’s still there

I smell the very scent of you right there in your favorite chair

It’s faded but still there, you see, where you used to be

Right there, right next to me

I can’t recall a time when it was only me, not us

And now all I have are memories of us two

And people tell me time will heal

Yet those words they are not a remedy for,

The pain I feel just paralyzes me

I wished they’d simply get the hint

It’s absolutely ok to say you’re simply not ok

To hurt is just a part of life

It tunes the heart and makes it beat

A different sort of sound or beat

The tears you cry go in a book

And so the story can always go on

With tattered pages, the lines will be told

Of a love that ended way too soon

But as I look at where you used to be

I hold onto the pain some more

Because I recognize it’s absolutely ok to say, today I’m still just not ok

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7v7
• 20 reads

Okay?

Let's not be

okay with Okay!

Frankly,

I shudder

when people say:

"Blah, blah, blah, Okay?"

or smother sincere

"How are you's,"

in bland, "Okay's."

People might run

hot or cold, maybe

even, just lukewarm,

Why stuff

the silence

with ambilivence,

rather than say,

in what way...

are you Okay?

07.01.20

it's okay not to be okay challenge @ColdRamen

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