what would it be like
to feel nothing at all?

numb
empty
or, i suppose, just a lack of feeling altogether

it could be like saying goodbye to someone you love
for a very final time
but before processing
realising
and accepting
that they’re really gone

in some cases
it feels like a temporary
and much needed
relief

from the straining stresses of our growing
corrupted world

a compression from common, trivial, tiring responsibility
that feels like thousands of massive
heavy
weights
just sitting on your shoulders
waiting for you to give into the pressures of our incorrigible society

just waiting for you to crumble
and
collapse

into nothing

while you
sitting there
like a useless pile of rubble

are numb

a sensation i now dread
knowing what it feels like