it stole my youth
now i refuse to believe
the age i turn
rotten tooth
should have fixed me
at that young malleable age
before adulthood ripped
me away from budding
new
freedom
the new medicine works
the crying isn’t as much
the stairs don’t hurt
my eyes can move
the new medicine works
it is fine
i am still tired
it is fine
i can be tired
i can remember
i want to get up
i don’t flinch
it doesn’t hurt
i can sleep easily
i can breathe easily
the new medicine works
i shower easily
christmas doesn’t hurt
snow doesn’t bleed
my teeth and gums are
not aching
or melting
like snow
i don’t show
i can work
i can read
nothing hurts
nothing bleeds
About the Creator
Essie
Brambling, atypical logorrhoea that really materialise in the form of hatching worms. Or stars.
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Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH5 days ago in Critique
Comments (1)
The imagery in this is so powerful! Particularly the snow doesn't bleed .. that stuck with me ✨