hot eyes
open mouth
breath

rub my shoulders
contorted face
pulling down
harsh in a grimace
screaming
salt erupting then cooling but

hot eyes
and ringing ears
after heaving
and dull pressure
bursting, breaking
hesitation then release

then burning moved
from throat to eyes
now back to throat
still linger, eyes
and I just thought
after that bout
maybe I'd feel release
it's just a thought
but lo behold
I'm still trapped
like ******* glass
and wire
and snapping
*******
straps
they sting my bones
and even now I feel my clothes
because I'm an empath
I feel a lot
and I especially feel this ******* knot