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Drowning in Disillusion

Josie Quinn
3 min readNov 25, 2021

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disorienting pain- a shattered heart and sadness

Photo by Dylan Sauerwein on Unsplash

I am shattered
down for the count
the blows don’t stop
no one is there to pick me up

I will reprogram myself
Never forget this pain
Never need anyone

Why would I want to be hurt
because I allowed someone to be close to me?

Relationships are too difficult
they hurt too much
they hurt you and say it’s love

The payback for trusting and caring
is the close proximity
from which they strike you

Humans are strange creatures

Another wound, another cut
I wish to be excluded from this game
How can I exist in this world
when those that should care, hurt?

How do I get away
where is there to run
and what would be there when I stop running?

Where are the exits if I want to escape?
the doors if I need to walk out?
What if what is ahead is never better than what is behind?

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Josie Quinn
Josie Quinn

Written by Josie Quinn

Creative, curious, spiritual, explorer.

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