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unbearable is

the agony of living in a permanent state of writhing in pain

from the chemical reaction created by these feelings of my self worth

amounting to the grains of sand left on my palms

when I narrowly escape from the quicksand

of deep depression.

still choking on the arid climate

that never seems to leave me be.

my bones wringing my flesh

into burls.

untwist this flesh that feels like

rubbing salt into a wound

whenever it is

inflamed by my circumstances.

struggling to

alleviate the symptoms

of anxiety's grip on my chest.

I've survived another unbearable day.