How long will it take for someone
to take this outstretched hand?
Hear the silent crying
or see the cracks in the facade...
anything. Its tiring
having to claw my way out
alone, every time.
My throat is dry, fingers raw,
nails bleeding and leaving
a heavy metallic smell in the air
mixed with the earthy musk
of the ground trying to eat me up.
.
When is it time to rest and for once
not needing to check my back or exist
on the edge of my seat constantly
just waiting for something to hit me,
like it always does. Unpredictable
can be predicted if you simply believe
both everything and nothing will strike.
.
Life is full of people yet here I am
still alone, smiling like the fool.
Are these chains invisible?
Can no one see the shackles
and the red marks they leave behind?
Do I not look insane with my hands
wrapped around my own neck?
Are those my hands?
Are they really there?
Am I actually losing my mind,
after being so alone for so long?
Trapped in my own personal hell,
filled with people and yet no one notices.
Never alone but always lonely.
About the Creator
A. Nguyen
A writer at heart who wants to share my works. I want to evoke emotion in people when they read my writing but I won't ever know if I can, if I don't put anything out into the world so this is my first step :)
Dog Number 13
May 15, 2023 Strange things are happening. Good-strange, bad-strange, and strange-strange. For starters, me and all my litter mates are able to stand. Some of us can even wiggle around in a clumsy manner. I say wiggle because it isn’t quite walking but it isn’t quite crawling. We just sort of stand and wiggle and fall and take a few steps and then crawl and then get up again. It is in this manner we are able to move around to some degree and explore our surroundings. Naturally we cannot go far. Which is ok, I suppose, because I am very small and I need my mother for food and my siblings to keep me warm and I feel very loved and comforted by them in some way, so I don’t know why I would need to go very far. Having four legs, I must admit, is very strange. It is not a surprise to me that it is challenging to coordinate them to move in the order they need to move. But I can get around a little bit, my eyes can stay open for much longer periods of time now, and it is easier to understand what is happening. So this is new.
By Morgan Longforda day ago in Chapters
Comments (1)
This was so sad, poignant and relatable as well. I loved it!