I’m afraid
that’s my northern star
it’s what guides me, and
…tears me apart
wraps around me
keeps my brain in check
walks beside me
‘til my very last
breath
what’s the matter
though you’d keep up
such potential
but it ain’t enough
didn’t notice
as it all ground down
didn’t feel it, it
didn’t make a sound
don’t belong here
just a shade
pretended all this time
didn’t earn this place
all that was inside
hollowed out and lost
peeling back
crumbling it breaks and falls
© 2022 Rowan Corbett / ilyAIMY
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