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August '23: The Beginning ((Underneath))
Remnants of eraser shavings scattered across my paper
Subtle undoing
No lines to guide me
Starting and stopping
And failing and restarting
And stopping again
Holes scratched in my being
Pits left where words used to be
Confidence replaced with insecurity
Who can be more sure of myself than me?
Hunger for perfection
Suffocates me
Straight-jacketed curiosity
Furiously rejecting the real me
Subtle undoing
No lines to guide me
Starting and stopping
And failing and restarting
And stopping again
Holes scratched in my being
Pits left where words used to be
Confidence replaced with insecurity
Who can be more sure of myself than me?
Hunger for perfection
Suffocates me
Straight-jacketed curiosity
Furiously rejecting the real me
Published 2nd Sep 2023
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2nd Sep 2023 3:47am
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2nd Sep 2023 4:31am
Thank you, crimsin! It's been awhile since I wrote anything, so I appreciate that.
2nd Sep 2023 2:48pm
Good to see you back posting material.
It's worth the wait to me.
The first line of this is a hell of an intro to a great write.
It's worth the wait to me.
The first line of this is a hell of an intro to a great write.
