The Pain of Being by Oliver D. Cooper

     
     I watch as ink drips from my fingertips.
I watch as it lazily creeps down my wrists and palms, before collecting at my edges and falling away.

Thick.
Damp.
Warm.

      I wonder when, and if, it will dry.
Perhaps it will dry in a few moments?
Perhaps I don't want it to dry.

Slowly, I lift my head to meet the agonized, awkward catastrophe that faces me.



Oliver D. Cooper is a young man living in Tennessee, writing both to ease his own worries and spread awareness, acceptance, and proper representation for mental health struggles.



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