no no no NO
do not enter here
i do not want to hear your uneven footsteps
clank up our creaky stairs
only to reach my room
and pause for what feels like eternity
why do you linger?
your presence causes a buzz in my brain
that is more unpleasant
than nails on a chalkboard
you ask me how i am doing
i do not want to answer
instead i click click click
the prongs of my binder together
its the only thing i can do to focus
you interrupt that focus
day by day without fault you
interrupt my thoughts
push them aside and replace them with
bad, screaming ones
they are yelling at me and yelling at you
i want you to get out
why must you stay here longer than necessary, dad?
YOU ARE READING
𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 ༄
Poetryfall brings the rain and the storms and i cry with the sky- completed (oct 2019)
