I would love to give up by insomniaplague, literature
Literature
I would love to give up
i.
'there's a second hand that holds mine, and stuffs the words back down my throat.'
she rasped
her voice a crack--
a croon
sticks & stones breaking
snapping
between her teeth
but when she tries to find the sound
her pen runs dry
pencils snap
[can someone flip the switch to 'yes' or 'no'
because
lately
i've been so de
tached
& my head is saying 'maybe']
(i would ask myself,
but i don't trust liars)
ii.
she tries to string the words
down a thread
but they always c r u mb l e
half
way
through
(& the cinders burn
with the same old questions)
but when you turn
to see
she'll be gone
there are rocks in her throat wh