Writers Jam

Monday Mouth

by Elena Karaytcheva
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3 weeks ago
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nightmares endorsing petrification lately.

forcing myself back to sleep to forget.

late to work to ensure a job well done.

everyone else’s face

sitting miles from mine

like i’ll get there soon.

i can’t cry anymore. that sucks.

i used to love crying.

i miss his hands today.

his breath.

his voice.

bet someone else holds them now.

i peel back the static

and try to agree it’s better this way.

he called it pathetic.

i call it another monday.

thinking about instability as a paid gig—

hourly, per personality.

i’d make a killing.

i am large and sinking into the bed.

i pray my nightly prayers.

he walks under the skin

and leaves through the hole in my head.

just another idea.

she’s so cool. so crazy.

it’s all a front.

i’m a sponge with eyes.

i’m insufferable and lazy.

it’s all i have left inside.


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Piyush
oooooof. i can’t. this is soooo raw, so real, so unsettling. i can’t wait to see what treasures you hid in that book now
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shan
> thinking about instability as a paid gig— > hourly, per personality. > i’d make a killing. wtf man I'm drinking soon I didn't need ts today😭
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