Ouroboros

Some days my future
looks like my past
like I'm stuck in an ouroboros
watching it devour itself
in slow motion

And like always
I never intend to find myself here
insanity a lesson I haven't unlearned
the wall unbreakable
though I continue to hit it
and wonder why I'm the one
who's broken

I don't know who I am
and constantly lose myself
under the weight of others expectations
while never quite living up to my own

And I don't know how to break free
from the stomach of the snake
and breathe the air of my own life
still unmade

© Indie Adams 2023