not just obsessed Poet Free verse

Early twenties

I can’t get out of bed
that drink went to my head 
will I lose my job today and become famous instead? 

There’s spots sprawled on my skin
I’m not looking thin 
competition for exhaustion, that’s the one I’ll win 

There’s someone on my case 
friends forget my face 
I think they’re tired of me and my a thousand states 
I need a new job because this can’t be all there is 
there’s a boy over there, who wishes I were his 

I hate what’s in my wardrobe 
I have nothing to wear
I’ve had this job for more than two years
yet I still wake up scared 

I complain about my status 
like I don’t run away 
from actually being liked, from people who will stay  

I change my hair colour like it’s really a fresh start 
I trade my problems for polyester when I press add to cart 

I’m volatile and dangerous
I’m soft and I’m too kind 
I’m forever chasing myself when it’s myself I can’t find

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