My sanity has been rung out like a soppy washcloth. The only thing worse than the quick glances and glares is not knowing why. Headphones can only drown out so much and I begin to wonder how such beautiful melodies can now haunt me to the point where the chords of “O Holy Night” stab me in the stomach with rusty knives. Somewhere I was once so proud to call home is now my personal hell without any rationale. The snow resembles the ashes of my soul as I follow the path along what once was green. The frozen puddle on the cracked ground reminds me that it’s hard to loathe the eyes that look back into my own. No one ever tells you that two plus two plus a few more equals one. Words weigh me down and suddenly I am immobile. I swallow each thought one by one until I run and collapse over the toilet. It’s such a shame that no one gives a **** until you’ve hit the breaking point.