Wednesday, April 19, 2023

dormitory life

cw: suicide ideation 



trapped at home, in poverty 
trapped here between four walls

            i'm not sure i can take it any more

at home at least the air was free
i could walk the dusty streets free
but my kids, always hungry 

here they watch me
fenced up, they watch my every move
i cannot cook 
food arrives hours late or early 
with bugs, rancid smell

            i'm not sure i can take it any more

it's been months since i went out, 
was allowed out of these gated halls
to meet friends, let off steam 

just work and these walls
           i'm not sure i can take it any more

hot work outside, hot here too.
space. i don't have space to breathe, to be

the walls, the walls
They are closing in on me.

               icannottakeitanymore

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