by Jessica Hopkins08 Apr 2019
Can I step out
onto the road
is it okay
if the next car hits me
crashing, skull against glass
against ground.
Can I stop
breathing
just for a minute, maybe more?
Can I disappear —
this is not the life I wanted.
I feel forced into unfamiliar skin.
dull pain, constant
a weight on my chest,
endless.
Can I stop breathing
for good?
Don’t tell me I would be missed:
It does not matter