𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: "As You Utter, I'll Devour." by Jasper Vincent S. Española

 

Published by: Aliyah Margareth Imbat

Date Published: April 17, 2023

Time Published: 1:14 PM


Category: Poetry

Theme: Social Anxiety.

I breathe and muster;

Approach the cluster.

Beings same as me—

Yet seem like different entities.

I strike— and quiver!

Each word ringing in my temple...

Skin shivers for each letter I deliver;

Mine's thoughts disassemble.

The rats scurry to skewer,

The lungs I hold grow much smaller—

Breathing becomes meagre.

My tongue's somehow bitter...

But 'twas all in my mind, you see?

Yet I cannot carry the strength

To break the shackles—set mineself free.

This cycle... I'm tired of its length.