Fragmented they come
Forced
In and out
A breath gasping
To inhale
Air
Sustenance
Calm this anger
Quench this moment
That surfaces
Too frequently.
Is it time
To ask
For help
A hand
A drug to calm
To take away this moment
Of caring too much.
Better to numb down
Tick tock
Seconds pass
It too passes
I swallow
And go to that place
Where I am safe
Where I can’t care
A blind spot in my mind
No one reaches
Lock key set
Click click closed.
Piece by piece
A bit more ravaged
Who am I
Who are you
Just another soul
Working her way through
The insanity of life.

She can see beyond
She is the unicorn
She made it this far
The horn will impale
Before it is shorn.
She cannot be rendered
Insignificant
As she is
What she is.
Through a dream
She will emerge
She…