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I can feel their gazes

the strange look on their faces

their eyes black and still

and when I look at myself

mine just trace the cracks

I can feel their gazes

 

the sun heats the ground

my forehead sweats, it aches

I stumble on nothing, I fumble smiles

the sun heats the ground

and I fumble smiles,

and I stumble on

nothing

 

behind me, behind me

goosebumps, on my neck

under my blue fleece jacket, and scarf,

hands in, and out, of pockets

such inconveniences when I need to hold them

behind me, behind me

 

the air sings?, flattening each note?

the atmosphere, gets,,, caught,

in my, grasp, in my,,, lungs,

behind me?, behind, me?,

I can feel?, their gazes,

?smiles?, I fumble, on,

?and I stumble on,

nothing

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Written by
jake-sullivan
Published
Oct 12, 2015
Lines·Words
27·130
Tags
#fear#sad#sadness#social#anxiety#society#people#humans#paranoia#breathlessness
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