Anxiety

Anxiety which I felt was boundless. 

But really I was bound to. 

Is this my chance to become innocent again?

An innocence that used to only exist for a moment between each crisis. 

To accept happiness so casually. 

Shouldn’t something bad have to happen first…

Some undermined event that…

That I had tried to will away. 

When really I was willing a monster to appear. 

I never thought I'd feel so powerful-

In accepting compassion. 

In rejecting compulsion.
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