Stuck with Words Mahrukh Riaz
the anatomy of her want spilled down from her skin and bones
into sharp rhythms and stuttering synths
her claustrophobic bleeding breaths cascaded into a loud cacophony of sighs. ink seeped through the pages of feelings old and blurred and into a mess of black from when her thoughts
staggered and halted and
throat clogged with musings unable to go outside.
and under the darkness of her four walls
below the warm shades of the fluorescent lamp her mouth gaped open
dripping words onto pages for no one to read for now
it was just her unshed fat, ugly tears
and alabaster wings too large to carry
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