some anxiety,
knees bouncing
pencils clattering
heart pounding.
the people across the room,
the whispers, the giggles,
they're all about you.
is your ponytail uneven,
your thighs just a bit too chubby?
did you forget to cover that god-awful pimple this morning?
you try to prevent this,
you check the mirror repeatedly before you walk out of the door, out to the cruel world,
filled with more possibilities,
even more heavy breathing and even heavier hearts.
in class,
does the floor pound when you walk across it to go and
retrieve your paper from your teacher?
God, is my voice too rough or maybe a little bit too soft ?
you try to make things better and I don't wanna tell you, but you make them even worse.
some anxiety?
a couple pills
some pain,
some tears,
some sweat,
and a little bit of
desperation.
yo yo yo I haven't talked to u guys in a while, this poem is deep innit!
YOU ARE READING
astronomy•poetry
Poetrythese poems are for the lonely, forgotten, the lost poets at three am, and everyone else in between cover credit: -sidjenkins
