My Thyroid and You

A scorpion tail
Tell me when it's safe to yell
For God's sake I'm shaking here,
Breaking here, taking breaths of arid air
And drowning
Sandy bubbles rising, crowning 
An anticlimactic pop
Please stop! You're hurting me
The heat, it steeps like morning tea
Your sandy screams live and breathe 
My self-fulfilling prophecy 
It burns, I can't. I can't 
I can't be water for you cup 
Deserted here with not enough 
I'm empty too. It's
Me. 
My disease.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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