why can’t people be vulnerable,

and not have it cost anything?

i persist

even if it’s not good

i long to taste the salt water again

the sand wraps around me from the inside

pulling me further into the earth

but instead, your skin was sour

blood rushes out of my mouth like words

it pours out of me

i drown in my own thoughts and my own mucus

there's too much noise

so strong

but breakable