the noise /
absence of voice /
despondency in increments
/
i am
a lost potential /
born from a keenness
unrequited /
a torso of emotions
below an aching smile
/
the tarnished know
my story well
they dwell
in caves /
inside my thoughts
/
they left a bitter aftertaste
and then erased
the rest /
/
i atrophied /
/
my scraps
were not desired