“You’re a mistake”
The words clung to me, hanging in the air
like a thick fog
that I didn’t want to see through

I could feel the weight of
smoke and ash
of everything I’d imagined life to be

fall i n g


ap a r t



i n f r o n t o f m e

Words cannot express
the tears that cloud my eyes
the salt
that burns my cheeks

They cannot atone for
the heaving of my chest
against the breaking sobs
beside the breaking heart

It’s not pain I feel
but demons
Cruelty that crawls
deep into my chest

Until I break
and I can scream
and blame someone
anyone

Because I can’t face the fact
that maybe
I am
A mistake