u/GreyPerspectives

On the paralyzed part of face!!

I’m believing it’s a good sign.

I had it when I was 21….

So I recognized the signs today

By higher ups when they came

Lil’bit’s School clothes have been acquired.

Haven’t slept this poorly in ages.

(Written 26/07/26)

All my life
I’ve felt the distance
Of real or envisioned strife
Not just this instance. 

I have found myself
Lonely in a crowd 
Standing mentally alone
While all chatter out loud.

I pick up on feelings
On the spaces 
Between words
On the microexpressions on faces

Sometimes it can overwhelm
Feels like I’m drowning
Like a ship without someone at the helm
The waves just keep crowning

I write this to say
That all of that
Makes me pull away
Swatting at loved ones like a cat

Please know 
I just want to be seen
And not stowed
Away until I’m clean

Enough to be presentable…
Because I can’t escape
Those feelings—reprehensible
In the crowded landscape.