i applaud my own bravery.

a poem about doing what you have to do to get by.

Photo by Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash

i apologize for the way

i seem spacey all day

everyday.

to put it quite frankly,

i assume if you were me,

you would be detached,

too — yay or nay?

if your eyes had laid their gaze

on all that i have seen,

would you dissociate

as much as i do?

in other words, could you

muster up the courage to

put your foot inside

my shoe?

i remind myself

that my resilience is impressive

and i applaud my own bravery

because real life has been — if i’m

being quite honest — anything

but savory so i am

at the bottom of my heart

truly sorry that my detachment

makes you uncomfortable

but if i constantly

stay present in real time

the sensory overload i experience

makes my brain feel

combustible.

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