1/29/2024
Trachea clamped
Vocal chords clipped
Suffocating under the weight of my own disappointment
Muscles tense
Faculties seized
Bones breaking under the pressure of impossible expectations
Alone in this nightmare
Riling on the floor
Naked, ashamed, embarrassed, invisible
People step over me
Pretend I'm not there
You're the only one who stops to check if I'm alive