Broken
Broken
It's heavy.
It gets harder to breathe,
It weighs me down,
Sinking like quicksand,
I'm suffocating.
It arrives in periodic waves.
A hand that clutches it,
Wrapping around my core.
It squeezes.
And releases.
A deep, swollen pain.
Lingers.
It gnaws at my ego,
Grinding it down,
To a thin paste, before it's swallowed.
I clutch my chest tightly,
Using my two hands,
To find my heartbeat,
But I cannot.
Only a resounding scrape is heard from within.
It's my hand that's in me,
Crushing, removing my organs.
It's me who's self-inflicting.