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Nerve

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By EssiePublished 11 months ago 1 min read

When I close my eyes

How do I stay there?

I want to be inside

Where I can hide

Crying undersea

What’s the point?

Did you even learn to swim?

Something's gonna drag you under

Eventually

Spitting up water

Couldn’t just be me

Does anyone else see

Am I the only one repenting all of this?

In my dreams the tiles speak

That bathroom door you’ll never see

And the passenger seat it's

Not taken by me

If the moon gets any smaller

What will I look up to?

On the way

To our favourite place

There’s a girl going to space

The book I never wrote

Will haunt me until I sleep

Bleeding from the nose

I’ll make sure to note

Pupils back in place

What is it with your face?

It doesn’t feel as bad but

I will never feel the same

Who am I writing for?

Couldn’t just be me

Mental Health

About the Creator

Essie

Brambling, atypical logorrhoea that really materialise in the form of hatching worms. Or stars.

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