journal twenty-six.

It’s all in your head

My mom would say

Leave me standing there

To wipe my own tears away

I hated that phrase

That mindset of hers

That my problems were my own

Problems to unturn

Because I swear they did it

Yes, they did it to me

He left me on read

Made me feel like a nobody

She went out of her way

To call me a bitch

He took credit for the idea

That I had pitched

It was that car that wasn’t looking

As I crossed the street

That jerk who cut me off

Middle fingers to his passenger side seat

That bird who decided to

Shit on my head

The whole fucking world

Was why I saw red—oh

I guess, I see it

The problem there

It’s accepting the fact

The world isn’t fair

That shit happens

Because that’s what shit does

Let go of the past

That is all that it was

Published by Brittany Given

Raw and unadulterated — this is how I typically feel things. And when I feel these things I think I feel, I write. My little pieces of comprehension have taken the form of words jumbled together on your screen. A masterpiece? Probably not, but welcome to glimpses of this incredible life I get to experience. I do hope you’ll stick around.

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