Don't tell me that it's normal to cry yourself to sleep.
Don't tell me that it's normal to want to cut your skin deep.
Don't tell me that it's normal to feel unwanted.
Don't tell me it's my age,
Don't tell me it's my "teenage rage",
Don't tell me I'm dramatic,
Don't tell me I'm problematic.
If you were in my shoes,
You'd want to hate me too.

Apathy is the stones waves of emotion cast you against
Until your body smashes open
Fills with saltwater
Heavy-wet lungs
Sting
Cold as the ocean

You said it can't work

Then why do I care?

I am afraid to send my poetry
Afraid to have you read
Afraid of distain.

My fragile self loves poetic waves,
seas, and skies and language twists,
But my fears of you imprison my
most lovely state and I fear I
cannot escape.

Plotting a breakup,
Plotting a ******,
Both leave a body,
Marked for the coroner.

I'm sorry.