It’s just a
           Tick
                   Tick
                           Tick
Wracking my brain
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                  Tick
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Programmed­ to drive me crazy
           Tick
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                          Ticking
Tak­ing over my thoughts
           Tick
                  Tick
                         Ticks
Making it hard to sleep
           Tick
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I need to escape
           Tick
                  Tick
                         Tick
My very own brain

My head being blown up
Just like my phone
I can’t take the pressure
What did I get myself into
I feel like I’m going crazy
With an urge to yank my hair
And slam my head
Against a wall until it bleeds
Scream to let the pressure out
And sob to release the weight

I’m starting to feel
Less and less poetic
Like a part of me
Is slowly being drained
But not replaced
Hollow and shallow
I cannot not be a poet
For it has grown to be
A huge important part of me
Assisting in who I am
And what I want to be
But I already feel stranded
Far out in the sea

I gave you
My heart
Now I’m scared
You’ll take it
Run away
And break it