Numb
TITLE: NUMB (9/19/21)
sun leaking through wooden blinds
thin blades of light
cutting my soul in half
i stand at the window
chipped paint crumbling
beneath my fingers
thick white shards collecting
in the grooves of my skin
outside
the world continues
unaware
hunger pacing
through my ribs
angry as a stray dog
circling an empty bowl
a jagged fingernail
drags across my pale wrist
raising a pale line
that blooms red
then disappears
i bury feeling
deeper and deeper
beneath bone
beneath marrow
until finally–
numbness spreads
slow as winter
through every room
inside me
and i begin to vanish
