unable to breathe
lack of air, no
too much
hyperventilating
scared
anxiety
crawling down my body
ants
a predetermined path
the walls close in
no outlet
blacking out
fading
suff…
~
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Tag: Prose
nerves
some might describe it
as a defense mechanism
and maybe it is
but it’s the only way I know
to protect the soul
so I deaden my nerves
pretending everything is fine
for if I open myself up again
exposing all that you
and few others know
the ache will come back,
no novocaine in sight
~
Photo by Jesse Bowser on Unsplash
not enough
you can give someone
everything you have
things as valuable
as time, patience and care
and sometimes
it’s still not enough
~
Photo by Noah Silliman on Unsplash
searching
then one day
she sat down and told me
“you have to stop looking
for home in everyone”
and I said back,
“then how will I ever find it?”
~
Photo by avery klein on Unsplash
problems
problems are a part of life
but the hard ones
the ones that challenge us
and make us question ourselves
are difficult to navigate
because, for some,
talking about it makes it easier
but for others, talking about it
only makes it real
~
Photo by Ishan @seefromthesky on Unsplash
truth
not everything we learn
is to our benefit
we learn things that wreck us
things that hurt our feelings
destroy our beliefs
and make us sad
but sometimes, what we learn
sticks with us forever
a sadness of our choosing
because it’s the truth
~
Photo by Efe Kurnaz on Unsplash
streetlights
born in the darkness
we found each other
in the neighborhood,
running from the others
under the streetlights
that lit our spark
midnight rides
your face illuminated
then gone, there and gone
the streetlights
guiding our way home
~
Photo by Марьян Блан | @marjanblan on Unsplash
