the difference between you and i -
when the
slightest thing
sets me off,
i feel i get more
accomplished.
when i’m miserable,
i have no motivation.
but when i’m angry,
i suddenly want to prove
all of the reasons that i’m
much more capable
than you care to believe.
a piece of skin
peels back from the
nail bed of my left thumb.
a dull pain throbs as
small blood droplets
seep around the
edges of my nail,
underneath, into,
surrounding,
drowning.
when i
wipe away the
blood, it leaves a
stain, but it’s
nothing i can’t
fix over time.