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underwater

why is it so hard to see you?

i crumble and i croak

hopeful words dance at the back of my throat

now i’m hopeless

now i’m in a mess

of you or her or him or me

it’s like moving to a new country

and getting the hang of their weird plastic currency

and why the **** is talking to you so hard?

i tumble and i frizzle

a glass smashed into shards

aggravation takes me over because

anxiety takes me over because

suppression takes me over because

i want ******* control over ******* everything

i want to ******* know what i’m ******* doing

what i’m ******* thinking

i tremble and i palpitate

the thirst never sedates

like a lion ******* blood or a needle weaving thread

so much to go around

too much to go around

i’m not sure how to go about

underwater is where i wish i was

underwater, everything is muted

everything is calmer and resentments are diluted

i long to feel less polluted

i long to feel less consumed by

that and this and all the ******* frolicking ****

it pulls and tears and rips in shears

still standing there

i am still standing there

why the **** am i still standing there

here

like a fish suffocating in air

like a statue stands with a smile it can’t wipe off

i sweat under smiles

i want to wipe it off

i want to turn it off

why won’t i just ******* take it off?

why is it so hard to know who you are?

seeing a glimpse of a break down is making me stick around for you

do you still want me to stick around for you?

i crush and i tamper

with anything i can get my hands all over

it really doesn’t matter

what or who or how hard i hit

cause nothing is good enough for this ******* *****

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samasati
Canadian
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Sep 8, 2012
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