Suffocation

I fell

The ground didn't catch me, though

and I'm still falling

suffocating in my own sadness and grief

in shared sadness and grief, actually

except that it hit you harder

because you were closer to her

because you knew her more

but I still have the drowning sensation

I still can't go ten seconds without crying

and I fell

and the ground didn't catch me

and I don't want to get up

to brush this off like it's nothing

when it very much isn't nothing

but I also don't want to stay in this feeling of mourning

and I don't want to carry on

I am suffocating

but for a valid reason.

Gussy the cat

Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

More by Calico Frost

See all

  • Opinion

    By Calico Frost

    Character Connections

    Prompt for 2025-26 challenges:

    Character connections: In poetry or prose, write about a connection - whether positive, negative, or neutral - between two characters or yourself and a character.

    Read More

  • Poetry

    By Calico Frost

    Drowning in the unknown

    I am tormented by slight movements

    even silence is hurting me

    reality seems to be strobing

    or something like it -

    I've yet to learn how to explain these moments to others,

    even myself.

    It's not normal,

    Read More

  • Poetry

    By Calico Frost

    Anticipation

    This is the worst kind of anticipation

    this anticipation isn't just fear of what is to come

    it's laced around the edges with knowledge of how it went last time

    of how a repeat of last year is most likely inevitable.

    Read More