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Hannah Dains - "Don't Kill Yourself Today" | All Def Poetry x Da Poetry Lounge | All Def Poetry

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[scarlettcooper]

"It is a bad day
Not a bad life"
I love this so much

[zoeo]

i heard a story once of a woman who didn't kill herself because she smuggled a cat into her no-pets-allowed apartment. no one would know about the cat, because it was also outside a large amount of the time. the cat would run away and likely starve to death. she didn't kill herself because no one would feed her cat. she's alive because she didn't want her cat to die with her.

sometimes small things mean survival.

[ianzernell]

...not to be dramatic, but I was actually planning on killing myself tonight. I have a suicide note already written out, I have the key to my dad's gun closet. If it wasn't for this video, I would only have a few more hours left to live. Not to sound cliche, but this video just saved my life. If I hadn't happened to stumble upon it while watching a video a friend had sent me...fuck. I'm so fucking full of emotion. I don't think that this girl realizes how fucking great this poem is. Do you think she knows that she just saved someone's life?

[ericburke]

i saw that cryptic viral tik tok and did some searching so now i’m here

[oliverpruitt]

"dont kill yourseld because i will keep coming up with reasons not to and i need you to hear ALL of them." 💚

[mundabi]

I finally had my first " i cant wait for tomorrow"
she was right. just keep hanging in there be grateful for the little things

[shanequasmith]

I wish I read this poem before I tried to kill myself a few years ago. I'm in tears. Thank you for this poem

[tylermay]

I love the little thank you at the end

[buttercupghost]

This same reasoning is what kept me alive for a year or so, when I was actively suicidal. I would take scissors and hold them over my throats before sighing, thinking, there's still that undertale fan fiction I haven't finished. I'll do it when I finish it. And then there was another fanfic then another and suddenly it's 2017 and im still alive. Not happy, per say, I'm only happy when I'm in a fake world— I still feel the need to hide away in fiction instead of facing the truth, but, well, I'll work with it. Im still alive, after all.

[TheLuellaNetwork]

I love her little "thank you" at the end...kinda threw me off going from so serious to adorable and bubbly. She did a good job i love it.

[ej]

"Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need a friend to carry you, and when you're broken on the ground, you will be found." -Dear Evan Hansen
It'll all be okay I promise, just hold on there and be strong. One day it'll all be okay.

[datcat]

This is a wonderful poem. I just don't understand why the people laughed when she spoke the first line. It seemed really insensitive considering the subject

[robertbarlow]

Hannah Dains will never know that she has saved my life four times. But I'm putting this here anyway in case.

[rebeccaariola]

absolutely beautiful. brought me to tears

[ssuhr]

It's been 4 years since this was posted. So why are you still here? Is it because you finished your shampoo and conditioner at the same time and now you have nothing to live for? Is it because you need reminders on how worth it you are? Is it because you're finally doing better? Why ever you're here, I love you. This author loves you. Someone you haven't met yet loves you. Keep your head up.

[karenpollyane]

For over three years, this poem is what has been keeping me alive. Everytime I'm one step from suicide, I think of all the sunrises I'll miss...

[justapasserby]

"Think of all the sunrises you will miss".

College had made a night owl out of me, and after six months of waking up in the afternoon at home I now sometimes get up early. Like everyone else, my sleep cycle is terrible but on some mornings I wake up before the sun while it's still a little chilly outside and I am coming to terms with the fact that for years I believed sunsets were more beautiful than sunrises because I had been missing all the beautiful mornings.

[lillibomm]

this girl just saved my life. not that it matters

[abbiechelle]

I finally got to "I can't wait for tomorrow" for the first time in five years 😊 Thank you for this poem.

[michelle]

SHE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SWEET PERSON I WANNA BE HER FRIEND