Does my clarinet
blame herself
when she
screeches?
I asked her โ
careful
not to press
the wrong buttons.
She hummed along,
nodded
like a good girl.
(๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?)
Iโm the one
who blows
down her throat,
pressing keys
until she forgets
how to breathe.
Her voice cracked โ
guilt hung in the air
like smoke.
"๐ช ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ,"
she whispered.
"๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ."
I strike her notes harder.
She chokes out bits,
broken pieces
that only make me angrier.
Your wheezing is because
youโre fragile.
Cheap.
Not because of me.
(...๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต?)
"๐ช ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ,"
she sobbed.
And I
almost told her โ
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ.
But the truth
lodged in my throat,
behind the breath
that made her scream.
Jun 15, 2025
Jun 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM UTC
Does my clarinet
blame herself
when she
screeches?
I asked her โ
careful
not to press
the wrong buttons.
She hummed along,
nodded
like a good girl.
(๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?)
Iโm the one
who blows
down her throat,
pressing keys
until she forgets
how to breathe.
Her voice cracked โ
guilt hung in the air
like smoke.
"๐ช ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ,"
she whispered.
"๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ."
I strike her notes harder.
She chokes out bits,
broken pieces
that only make me angrier.
Your wheezing is because
youโre fragile.
Cheap.
Not because of me.
(...๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต?)
"๐ช ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ,"
she sobbed.
And I
almost told her โ
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ.
But the truth
lodged in my throat,
behind the breath
that made her scream.
