Full of Shit(tty Insecurities)
selfish
i get called that more often than i get called insecure
funny
you should insult me
more accurately
call me
insecure because i hate myself
i wonder why
i’m not good enough
i feel ugly beneath makeup
i frown sideways looking in a body mirror and a facial
expression isn’t enough to express
my disappointment in myself
call me
insecure because that’s my excuse
i’m so deep in self hatred
i’m so afraid you’ll escape from my grasp to walk to
another girl
a dog
chewing through its leash to bark and sniff at the lady across the street
you chewed through
i chewed through my wrist
the one that held your hand
i might have nibbled
on the limb
pain is delicious
i refuse to believe
i am selfish because i was never
the center of the universe
you were
i lived in a constant state of anxiety
and paranoia named OK
gravity would probably abruptly stop
pull a block out of my Jenga life and send it tumbling
out of orbit
i guess you were another shooting
star
or more accurately
a piece of trash burning up in my atmosphere
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