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30 · 5d
The Want Alone
I want to scream
until my throat forgets the shape of silence
until the walls peel
until the sky folds in
until even God says,
"okay, okay, I hear you now"

I want to scream
with every inch of my breathless body
with every ounce of failure
I dressed up in productivity
with every task I watched rot
on my to-do list
while I sat perfectly still
bleeding invisible
under the weight of nothing

I want to scream
because tired is too soft a word
because "I’m fine" is a crime
and I’ve been lying with a smile so long
it’s starting to look like my face

I want to scream
for the way my heart beats
like it’s trying to escape
for the way my thoughts clash
like gods in a glass jar
for the way I try
just try
just 'try'
and the world shrugs
like effort means nothing
like breathing isn’t already a war

I want to scream
for every silent scream
I buried in my chest
under polite nods and fake plans and
"maybe tomorrow"

I want to scream
until every “you’ll be okay” breaks
until comfort sounds like action
until someone answers
with more than
“you’re strong”

I want to scream
until I’m emptied
hollowed
quieted by force
not peace
just collapse
just
'let go'

I want to scream
until I pass out
and maybe even then
my body will keep screaming
without me
18 · 5d
Just Tired
I'm tired.
Not just sleepy.
Not just worn.
I mean soul-tired.
I mean breathing-feels-like-a-task tired.
I mean I wake up choking on nothing
but the weight of still being here.
Like I slept underwater
and the air hasn’t forgiven me yet.

I'm tired.
Of scrolling just to drown out the silence
because silence screams louder than sound.
Of staring at nothing
because moving means choosing
and I’m so tired of choosing
when every choice feels like a trap
in a maze I never asked to be in.

I'm tired.
Of trying to begin
when the beginning is a thousand miles away
and the end is breathing down my neck.
I’m stuck in this middle,
this endless, merciless middle
where everything is urgent
and nothing feels real.

I'm tired.
Of crying like it’s a ritual,
like maybe if I break hard enough
something will fix itself.
Maybe a task will complete.
Maybe a word will write.
Maybe I’ll feel like I earned the right
to exist today.

I'm tired.
Of surviving like it’s a performance.
Of making it through
and still feeling like I failed.
Like I borrowed this day
and forgot to pay it back
with usefulness.

I'm tired.
Of wanting to scream
but swallowing it whole.
Of wanting to be held
but not so tightly I can’t disappear.
Of wanting to be seen
but not stared at.
Of wanting to matter
but not be measured.

I'm tired.
In a way that sleep can’t touch.
In a way that makes hope feel like a scam
and joy like a prize I’ll never win.
In a way that makes even dreaming
feel like work.

I'm tired.
And still...
here I am.
Spilling myself onto this screen
because maybe if the pain has rhythm
it’ll hurt a little less.
Because maybe if I say it loud enough
someone, somewhere,
will finally understand
what I mean
when I say...

"I'm tired."

— The End —