something more

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it's burning in my fingers,
it's like I need to start using them for something,
use them to do something,
just something...
I want to write,
but I can't seem to write since quite a while,
my sentences all feel so pointless at the time.

it's burning in my fingers,
I could use them to smoke, to burn some cigarettes instead,
but that's too unhealthy -
or I could use them to eat,
three, four, five, six meals
and to throw up after
'cause that's much more like me -
but I haven't just said that 'cause I don't want you to worry.

or I could use them to rip my skin off
like I did with the leaves of grass,
ripped apart,
between my guilty fingers -
but I haven't just said that either, 'cause that sounds like too much tragedy.
and I don't want the pity.

I could water plants in foreign gardens
while I don't have any,
I could try to lend a hand
when it feels like I have one too many.
I could use them to clean another shelf
in another vigorous attempt to hold on to myself,
to cook and to cut rosemary and thyme,
or to simply draw a line
and to start painting before I lose my mind.

it's burning in my fingers,
it's like I need to start using them for something,
but not just something...

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...for something more.

xo, S🌹❤️

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