Drained

of all emotion
I want to get away from everything
school, obligations,
illusionary expectations -

Momentarily
I want to return home
to the parents, the siblings; their fights, their laughter
the familiar,
the unconditional

where I feel free to be me.

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I sink in time

For this bruise to heal.

For these fibers to intertwine again.

Tender and raw,
inside, I feel so
hurt.