I told them I was fine because I didn't want to be there anymore and I knew saying anything else would mean more days. They let me go. I went home and didn't sleep for six weeks.
The discharge paperwork had a phone number for outpatient services. I called it twice. No answer. Nobody called back.
They said you were stable. You weren't.
They told me I was stable. I was 19 and had been awake for four days. I told them I was fine because I didn't want to be there anymore. They let me go. I went home and didn't sleep for six weeks. Not because I was healed. Because my body had forgotten how. This hoodie is that night. This card is that phone number that never rang back. Now I'm giving it to you.