I was never like this before.. an anxious ball of heavy breaths and quivering shoulders. Tears tracings my lips And I cannot make the smell of cigarettes escape my fingers despite not smoking in an entire year. My skin is peeling, My skin is crawling And the irk is unbearable. Like large swarms of tiny gnats pinching me, digging their teeth into my flesh. I am tired. I’ve slept all day, but still I am tired. Even at 12:51am, It feels as though the sun in my eyes And I am squinting oh so tightly Trying not to let the light inside.