such a question

Who am i?
such a question 
it leaves you searching in the dust of old ideas 
and broken dreams
for something 
that still doesn't sound right

it makes you crazy trying to determine something 
anything
that you know as a fact
to be true 
about you

To be asked such a question 
Feels like falling 
but this rabbit hole has no bottom 
and there is no mad hatter
to tell you it's time for tea 
for the only beverage here
is your own tears

to ponder 
this question 
is to question
yourself
who am I? 
You ask 
but you still don't know

you could like to eat ramen 
and dance under the stars
you could be made of laughter
and jokes gone to far
But you would still be left wondering
deep down 
who you are. 
 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

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  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker