Inescapable

The solidity of the darkness

The ever-cascading waters

Sharp and dangerous, altogether hardly enticing

Await me wherever I wander within my mind.

No bridge across, encircled by the fiery depths of what is to come

Of what could be

What will be

What once was

Haunts my conscience as a phantom

But the pain feels real.

Crushing ferocity

Terror and anger

It takes my insecurities and weaponizes them with half-truths

With lies I believe to be real and take into my heart

To weaken my thin layer of armor.

My demons paralyze me

Taking root from within

A chamber of ice

A torture so pure

It lives in my own head

So I can never escape.

QueenBee

VT

13 years old

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    Life is about creating yourself."

    Said the big chalkboard on the wall

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    And chairs and chairs and chairs

    I'll never forget

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    I feel useless

    Unproductive

    No one needs me right now

    Good

    I have nothing to do

    B o r e d o m.

    I can't stop thinking about you

    I assign myself tasks

    Keeping me occupied

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    When I got home

    After those two days

    Passed by much too fast

    And then they were gone

    And I was changed forever

    When I got home

    I remember

    I cried and cried and cried

    From longing