The Weight of Whispers


Wondering 
Up and down
  The halls  
With each fresh step a new class  
Filled with sounds of papers being passed out
  Students on their phones  
Pencils under too much pressure, 
and Groans of laptops
 As I continued to walk past each class
  I heard them
  My head started filling up
Filling up with all the possible things I could have done wrong 
Now with each not so fresh step  
Being a little heavier  
Eyes 
All on me  
When I walk by they become a lot louder then they were before  
Why are there voices weighing me down? 
Why do I care?
I know I have done nothing wrong. 
So why with each step, did my feet feel heavier and heavier 
When I finally made it to where I was going  
I turned back  
To look into the eyes that were connected to the voice 
 But when I turned back  Nothing  
Not a single pair of peering eyes on me  
Not even the faintest whispers 
 Everything just  
Gone
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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