i thought when i kissed you this would over
and i thought when i kissed you
i'd finally find peace
but you're a cyclone with two eyes
and both of them are watching me
and im spinning spinning spinning
spinning
social anxiety (dry sand castles) by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
social anxiety (dry sand castles)
i'm scared to lose my passion
because it's the only fucking
friend i have left.
i'm scared to lose my sparks
because fireworks aren't the
only explosions in my mind.
i'm scared i'll run out of
words and the only thing
left will be the taste of
a hollow tongue, falling apart.
i might have social anxiety
a medical diagnosis, clean cut
"it's not your fault"
but every time my words
fail me, the sympathetic looks
are replaced with a shuffle as
i'm cut off from the group.
i'm terrified of loneliness
again; insanity is the price
to pay when the silence
becomes so omnipresent you
start to think you're deaf.
i'
twisting the kaleidoscope by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
twisting the kaleidoscope
there's a tremble in
each breath you take
absolute; final; shaky
sea tides beneath us
collapsing
spluttering against
irises.
eyes sorry
but sorry isn't good enough.
i wrap
my arms around
her waist
miss the smell
of red and pacific.
she is the sea.
i want to
ride a wave into
your eyes
i see it
in your sighs
you
want to go back
to seven
when we were more
transparent than the tides.
there is a girl
who sits in the corner
of the class and
pops pills like
sugar cubes.
she signs my year book
with two words
every time
"stay strong."
left me
wondering about
how she could
possibly understand.
and last year.
the first time.
i came back to school
with two razor rashes down
my wrists and she didn't hug
me or tell me that i
would be better.
she told me
my scars didn't make me beautiful.
your silence is deafening by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
your silence is deafening
i keep thinking about
day 1, you told me
you were bouncing your leg
because you
knew i hated it.
you wanted me to
reach out and
feel the
same electricity
you felt.
i keep thinking
about your sighs and your
little whimpers.
mumbling softly into
my mouth.
i miss your palm
pressed against my fingers.
smoothing the wrinkles
in your wrist. i wish we
were more than this.
i want to think about
your oceany hair
and chestnuts, you
didn't open your eyes
this morning.
i want to be infinite
but i want to be whole.
and you can't
be either if you're
not here.
i thought when i kissed you this would over
and i thought when i kissed you
i'd finally find peace
but you're a cyclone with two eyes
and both of them are watching me
and im spinning spinning spinning
spinning
social anxiety (dry sand castles) by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
social anxiety (dry sand castles)
i'm scared to lose my passion
because it's the only fucking
friend i have left.
i'm scared to lose my sparks
because fireworks aren't the
only explosions in my mind.
i'm scared i'll run out of
words and the only thing
left will be the taste of
a hollow tongue, falling apart.
i might have social anxiety
a medical diagnosis, clean cut
"it's not your fault"
but every time my words
fail me, the sympathetic looks
are replaced with a shuffle as
i'm cut off from the group.
i'm terrified of loneliness
again; insanity is the price
to pay when the silence
becomes so omnipresent you
start to think you're deaf.
i'
twisting the kaleidoscope by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
twisting the kaleidoscope
there's a tremble in
each breath you take
absolute; final; shaky
sea tides beneath us
collapsing
spluttering against
irises.
eyes sorry
but sorry isn't good enough.
i wrap
my arms around
her waist
miss the smell
of red and pacific.
she is the sea.
i want to
ride a wave into
your eyes
i see it
in your sighs
you
want to go back
to seven
when we were more
transparent than the tides.
your silence is deafening by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
your silence is deafening
i keep thinking about
day 1, you told me
you were bouncing your leg
because you
knew i hated it.
you wanted me to
reach out and
feel the
same electricity
you felt.
i keep thinking
about your sighs and your
little whimpers.
mumbling softly into
my mouth.
i miss your palm
pressed against my fingers.
smoothing the wrinkles
in your wrist. i wish we
were more than this.
i want to think about
your oceany hair
and chestnuts, you
didn't open your eyes
this morning.
i want to be infinite
but i want to be whole.
and you can't
be either if you're
not here.
hate is the only emotion people
take seriously anymore.
when she looks in the
mirror and is scared of everything
in that nakedness, with a faltering
glance behind; she feels society's
approving nod.
twisting the kaleidoscope by LailatAlQadr, literature
Literature
twisting the kaleidoscope
there's a tremble in
each breath you take
absolute; final; shaky
sea tides beneath us
collapsing
spluttering against
irises.
eyes sorry
but sorry isn't good enough.