Certain names
Just the spelling of them
Or the places you see them
Or the context which they’re placed
Make you want to slit your wrists
Certain scenes
Remind you that you are garbage
A piece of trash, disposable, used
A pile of shit to be carefully avoided
Or even worse
Turn you into the invisible man
Certain sounds
Make your head spin like a carnival ride
You try to breathe but you can’t
You can’t because the moment stole it
You curl up into a ball and wait for it to stop
Certain smells
Remind you of your insecurities
Of the pain that will never ever disappear
Of the scars that will never ever heal
Certain touch
Turns your body into a diving board
Rigid and spring loaded to run
Fueling your nervous energy
Threatening to short circuit your heart
Certain moments
You realize you are a walking time bomb
And you wish you could detonate
To just get it over with because…
It’s the only way to guarantee its death
https://thelighteningandthefire.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/trigger/
LikeLike
Words can speak things into creation or tear civilization apart. The things you say matter to those who hear them. Very good post.
LikeLiked by 1 person
No better description.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
They are all that
LikeLike
Ha. I accidentally read the last line as ‘the only wayto guarantee it is death’, and totally agreed….then realised you said something different.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Actually both work huh? Btw I had a dream you were protecting me last night.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I would if I could have been.
Both work. One is a tad more permanent though, and probably best not tried as a knee-jerk response. Or as a regular jerk response. Or at least I’ll keep telling myself that.
I hope I did good protecting you, my love. Comes to the extreme when you (or anyone) is reliant on someone as flaky and ineffective as me for protection ❤
LikeLike
Boom!!!!!
LikeLike
Love this!!!!
LikeLike
It’s like you’re reading my mind.
LikeLike