It lies just out of sight
In the very back of my mind
Threatening to swallow me whole
And the worst part?
I let it
I allowed this thing inside
I didn't bother to lock the door
And now it grows here
Its roots planted deep in my mind
It wraps around my brain
All the way down to my heart and lungs
It controls everything
Nothing is in my control anymore
And no one can see anything
It lies right behind my eyes
Just under the skin
Just barely out of sight
Where you can't see
So that you think it's fine
You think it's okay
That everything is normal
That I'm happy
What a fucking joke
While it's forcing me to smile
Its thorny branches are crushing my lungs
So that I can't scream for help
Let go
Please
I can't breathe
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Amateur poetry from an amateur poet
PoetryNothing more than my word vomit poetry. I'm not that great a poet (as shown by my previous abandoned poetry book) but I just have these poems sitting and collecting dust, so yeah, might as well. Most if not all poems carry a trigger warning (discuss...