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sonnets floating through my mind turning pages upside down only to find- there is nothing written at all. ~ soundly stepping over the people I fear they have one thing in common they were fantasies but then became real. ~ I‘m the acrobat bending every time someone demands something of me, a mockingbird without a voice screaming until my lungs start to crack without ever making a sound. ~ but only in my mind with hallways, endless to roam scratching on walls until my fingernails broke. ~ to look for a window was keeping me calm I secretly knew my illusion had none. ~ painfully pulling me out of the dark- people have tried but I turn to stone when I feel their touch.
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Dec 6, 2025
Dec 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC
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hand trembling inside the pocket; knuckles scraping against the outseam; fingertips crawling into the deepest corner; nails clawing at a ball of thread - too stubborn for its own good; wrist hair tugging at a rough patch; fist holding onto itself; palm lines lacking conviction; fingerprints blaming each other; nerves adjusting to the pressure: pulsations full of dread; the pocket stays empty.
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Dec 22, 2024
Dec 22, 2024 at 1:42 AM UTC
the empty pocket