When is a life not a life?

Pelgris

Malaise overlays bones
Muscles slack
Jaw clenched
Tears just beyond beginning

Heart aches in ways mostly unnoticed
Pains drift to the background
Just trying to survive

Hard to be open
When being so would mean
Crumpling boneless

Thin veneer
Keeping the social contract

2 thoughts on “When is a life not a life?”

  1. nora girl's avatar naughty nora February 19, 2021 / 4:30 pm

    This makes me sad….sending hugs, my friend ❤

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