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What I Cannot Be

Trigger Warning. Mental illness and Financial hardship I feel trampled, Beaten down. Life with its obstacles. Constantly fighting, Trying to keep up. Get through, Just to get by. It’s like joy is sucked away,Snuffed out by doom. Struggling to get food, pay bills.While social media highlights, Falsehoods of perfection. Making me feel like more of…

The Partial World of The Partially Deaf

Stuck in a bubble,Twisted tangled sounds.Deflected, scattered, scrambled.I see mouths move,Shaping into words,I strain to hear.I try to translate lips. Barely registered words.While more words and sounds,Collide.I feel lost, alone, Isolated.On the outside, looking in.Smiles, laughter,  engagement,As conversation flows.But to me,Only distortion.As small voices,Are encased in background noise. Repeatedly saying ‘what?’To eventual frustration.To finally sitting…