Searching for sonder
but your shadow is a glutton.
A better self pleads
for some respite from the sudden
realisation that you can't sustain yourself
like this.
isolating...
ruminating...
Scraping your soul's calluses
It's dead skin.
Dead sin.
but your ego is carniverous
thinking trauma makes you different
and kind words are an irritant
still pray to God for deliverance
Oh, the cognitive dissonance...
of a healing mind
where a peeled scab is rehab,
but it's all by design.
Dec 29, 2025
Dec 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM UTC
Searching for sonder
but your shadow is a glutton.
A better self pleads
for some respite from the sudden
realisation that you can't sustain yourself
like this.
isolating...
ruminating...
Scraping your soul's calluses
It's dead skin.
Dead sin.
but your ego is carniverous
thinking trauma makes you different
and kind words are an irritant
still pray to God for deliverance
Oh, the cognitive dissonance...
of a healing mind
where a peeled scab is rehab,
but it's all by design.
We're perpetually trying to be better, but the ego is one hell of an adversary.
Some 'woe is me' poetry. Wishing you all a truly happy new year.