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My Best

By Steven Alexander Mailer

By Veris MarockPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
My Best
Photo by miro polca on Unsplash

Sometimes feelings are words.

You find them bled into walls, and floors in fingers dipped in the worst

day of someone’s life.

Sometimes feelings are eyes.

They see you and all your worldly masques worn in defiance of the fact

That it hurts to be alive.

Sometimes feelings are acts.

They scar scarlet tragic trauma tracked trembling through a trachea torn

Too deep to survive.

Sometimes feelings are silent.

Sometimes feelings are too much.

Sometimes you’re just not yourself

and that’s okay.

Sometimes it hurts to be alive.

Sometimes it feels like it can’t be alright.

Sometimes all you can do is survive

and that

may well suffice.

inspirational

About the Creator

Veris Marock

I've been a writer since I was a child. I had my first story published in 2019 in a short horror story collection and I've been working to expand my horizons since then. My primary interests are horror and fantasy.

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