who am I?


I'm lonely 
and
I realized 
I don't know who I am
I don't know why I am 
I barely know where I am 
the best I can come up with 
is who the people around me are
why they are
and where they are
but I still don't have the answers for myself
so I sit here wondering 
who am I?
why am I?
Where am I?
I feel like I lost my identity before I even had it
and I'm scared
of who I'll find 
deep inside myself
if I look.
 

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