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Undone

unwound
chaos swirling  
angry clouds buzzing,  
coming from somewhere    
above my head  
trapped in the corner  
of this suburban brown sectional,  
nondescript, middle-aged magic    
that goes with everything;  
but, i’m not listening,  
i stopped listening    
when i realized    
your mouth    
was full of angry bees  
and you forgot  
i am fucking allergic;    
my face is swollen  
and i can barely breathe;  
is this what you want    
when you come in here?  
every time  
your world out there    
is somehow unkind,  
you open your mouth  
and unleash their stings  
in my face    
all at once
   
untethered  
i can’t find sure footing  
my face is in the dirt;  
you put your heel    
on the back of my neck    
whenever you think    
no one’s looking,    
and i think  
i’m finally beginning    
to acquire the taste  
for low places;  
at least down here,  
i don’t have to fret  
no need to strain my neck    
looking skyward;  
your face is all i ever see  
up there, anyway  
   
undone    
whatever i was made for  
it wasn’t this  
the short years    
suddenly have long days,  
stretching aimlessly    
from sunrise to sunset;  
i can’t keep track of them  
anymore;  
my soul aches    
and my heart just hurts    
in all of these in-betweens;  
the witching hour    
spent with my addled mind  
makes for poor art,  
but no one is poorer    
than the self-made train wreck    
staring back at me    
from the bathroom mirror;  
that girl is on the edge  
of losing her shit  
and i’m too tired  
to help her    
pick it all up,  
again    
   
   
Written by LunaGreyhawk
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A rough day.
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