Submissions by ocean_wrecked

i know they say it gets easier.
but this burning,
this ache.
it sprouts behind my rib cage,
fills my lungs and suffocates me.

the feeling you get when you're too far from something.
this saudade for freedom that's stretched itself
around my body and taken me hostage.

suddenly i'm not human.
i am a question mark.
?
i am in a box of stigma attached to,
"so what's in your pants"
and "i'd blow you if you had a dick."

i want to be comfortable.
i want to feel like myself.
and i can't.

and...