by Bloomy Ashes

my thoughts loud collapsing within one another
their edges blur, like smoke with no tether.
my mind fighting my entirety
each thought a blade, carving duality.

screams from within blocked by curves on my skin
my skin curves calm, but holds storms within.
i am fighting one i cannot win
a war unnamed, yet worn paper-thin.

my heart bleeds and aches
each beat a bruise that never breaks.
held together by wires dripping scarlet red
fraying threads sing of words unsaid—
and said.
even the words i said still slice my thread.

my mind and heart at war, my body caught in between
a hostage to storms I did not convene.
yet again, i feel so unseen
like i’m screaming in glass—shattering clean.