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Into the Deep

drowning in self doubt

By Natalie JohnsonPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
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Into the Deep
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I drown in the sorrow of a deluded reality

My lungs burn as I gulp down the falsities

that I make up in my mind

Viewing the world through assumptions

casts watermarks on the picture I see

As if my thoughts printed out

on the lenses of my glasses

I can't see whats standing right in front of me

An opportunity to seize

becomes a tragic loss of confidence

A conversation

twists into a game of read between the lines

An idea

flickers into a panic attack

I'm breathing in and out

in and out

in and out

The oxygen is escaping before I can capture it

my heart is beating to the melody of a jack hammer

and I don't know which way is left or right

because I'm sinking to the bottom of the ocean now

reaching out into the murky depths

hoping the divers will take my hand to bring me back to the surface

but my palms remain empty.

sad poetry
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A place to share my brain.

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