Shrink Wrap World

Dear Shrink Wrap World,

Some days all I can know for sure

Is how deeply I feel it-

The tension

The frustration

The confusion.

Their furrowed brows

Clenched up jaws

The grit

Grit

Gritting of teeth,

It is a palpable presence-

The way a heart rate rises in an instant

Like hot air in the pit of a balloon,

Sky reaching

This place constricts us

Or more-

Our entire world shrink wrapping around our flesh

We wait

Hiding inside its stomach

it is a palpable presence,

this forlorn awareness

as we press our faces up against the filmy bubble

guiltily

This shrink wrap world will pop

someday

and that is all I can know for sure.

-Written by B. E. Calliope