.

i.

can you hear me talking?
can you hear me
screaming, in this
silence that’s pounding inside my
head, pulsing inside my
blood and weakening me,
slowly? can you hear me?
can you
hear

me?


ii.

being around you
only makes the loneliness worse
when you leave.


iii.

‘calm down’,
they tell me.
‘just calm down.’
how?
‘deep breaths.
just take a deep breath.’

except i don’t really
want to breathe
anymore.


iv.

make it go away.
please. just make it go
away.