I’m not inspirational I couldn’t write a hundred words about myself About my lashes, my sight, my health My bones, organs, and mouth The words that I speak Thoughts I breed Tunnels through which I bleed The sadness on which I feed I’ve been compared to Prufrock I’ve been compared to Poe Watch the ticking of the clock My skin as white as snow Veiny eyed, and sorrow side Future ends and rafts subside And for all the people like me Can agree to disagree That this world was too much And not enough There you go, a hundred words