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My Therapist
My therapist asked me to describe pain. “It tastes like metal,” I said—like the tang of blood you can’t spit out,the kind that lingers at the back of your throatlong after the wound is made. It smells like raintrapped in a room with no windows—damp, heavy, refusing to leave. It sounds like a door closing…
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How Much More?
Hmm… tell me—how much more of myself must I spillbefore you notice the mess I’m drowning in? How many nights must I trade for morningsthat never bring your warmth?How many breaths must I hold backso you can keep breathing easy? Tell me,how much more of these tearsmust I wastefor my cries to finallyreach your ears?…
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Love is all i need
Grey thick walls swallowing my sorrowMine swimming in an ocean of my own tearsLike teargas blocking the small tubes within my tracheaBeing choked by my own sorrowI look around All i could see is me carrying myselfCrying myself to bed trying to ease the pain Cuffed my little self in my shallow pillowSplitting my worries…
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I waved at her
