Unidentity poem

sometimes,
it feels like everything
is closing in
and i can’t find a way
to escape.

i can’t get out
because i don’t know
what it is
or who it is
i want to run from.

sometimes
it feels like i’m stuck
and i can’t breathe
and i can’t find a way
to get air.

i can’t breathe
because i don’t know
what it is
or who it is
that’s suffocating me.

all times
it feels like i’m me
and i can’t find a way
to not be me
and i don’t want to be.

i’m me
because i suffocate
and trap myself
and i am the thing
i desperately need to
escape from.


- Marcy