Are You Ok?

Are you ok? 
Those words envelope me in 
a suffocating cloud, 
each letter 
and sound 
and syllable 
sticking to my skin. 

Are you ok? 
They dig  
deeper 
and 
deeper, 
waiting for me to 
snap. 

Are you ok?
Are you ok?
Are you ok?

 

sharkcuddles

VT

14 years old