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«Claustrophobia» by Karlyn Miraflor

Dauntless summer sky,
simmering anxiety at dawn.
It greets me with courtesy in between midnight and endless fear.
I continuously track the time
Fixating over «how many minutes» left, before it drains me alive.

Here within I suffocate in silence.
Windows slam open as they wave «hello» at my anxious looking eyes
My mind in constant panic
My heart bleeds rhyming along its unpredictability.

Bypassing wounds of the past
I remember wanting «more» before the actions I don’t perform.
I remember the «present» before a memory can only replicate pressure.
Will I still tremble the same after death?

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Author Bio

Karlyn Grace Miraflor is a special education teacher from the Philippines who aims to inspire and touch people’s lives through words that can either struck their hearts or motivate them in daily life.