Iām nothing to be proud of
Arrested emotional development
I miss that suffering because it was so much more me
Ten years later and I so badly want to transform
Iām comforted by shared trauma
I covet my frail adolescent frame
I want to feel what I felt the first time I kissed someone
The sensation of first lust echos in my chest
Reverberates down to my groin and up through my neck
Iām made of tiny shards of glass
Held together by years of scar tissue
The result of picking up my own pieces without gloves
I donāt shower so I can avoid seeing the rounded woman in the mirror
Iām all sharp edges on the inside
Bones as prickly as thorns
Teeth as pointed as scalpels
And my teeth are yellowed
And my skin is dry and my eyes are dull
My thighs pale and pitted with fat
I canāt be a dead looking mother
I canāt be a thorny mother
I am a sad, fat, 23 year old wife
I have a good job and a lovely dog
I have a college education
And I donāt have my husband
And I wonāt have a child
And Iāll hate myself and yearn for a better life
Knowing deep down that better does not exist
I could go get my PhD, JD, MDā¦
But being a doctor wonāt make me more successful at fixing myself than the doctors before
My dose of anti depressant anti anxiety anti feeling pills is as good as treatment gets
Iām sitting in a nice apartment
I can afford the things I need
I have no friends near me
Iāll never have a daughter or son
My education is pointless
My mother is a narcissist
My brother doesnāt want to be here
I wish I could live off of coffee and wine
Thereās no way this is healthy