Breaking Point

"if you don't know where to stop...."

Breaking Point

Breaking point
you don’t know it
till you’re there
try to remember 
it’s not easy -
nothing like it,
no where.
The closest
I can tell you
is take your
fingernail to
your skin,
press in 
until your 
body won’t 
let you hold;
if it never happens - 
if you don’t 
know where to stop -
you’ve been there.

Chills cascading up
my throat
to grasp the whole of
my self, jerk it forward
no sound 
no vomit
no statement of tears
no change
except
cold
hot
cold
shivers of neurochemicals
clenching of me
turning my whole self
into a fist -

I still haven’t figured out
how to get out 
of this.

©2025  @StaceyBattlestheWorld