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Numb

The muscles in my face

Can they atrophy from lack of use?

It seems that my heart has

Not strong enough to feel

Only to produce a beat.

 

For the first time in years

I long for my own bed

Don't touch me.

Don't look at me.

It costs too much.

 

The void left inside

It's taken too much of me

I've crumbled away

And the tide leaves no trace.

 

I am numb.

I use my writing as a journal of sorts

To catalogue my emotions

At pivotal moments.

But there is nothing to organize.

I suppose

This will be my last entry.

What is the point?

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martha-jordan
American
Published
Apr 18, 2015
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