167. Shame (Myshkin, 2021) · free verse

Days without prayer. Endless days, Days without song and dance. Days of worry, Days of forgetting who I am. Days of stubborn silence, Days of not calling friends, Days of barely feeding myself. Days blocked from joy, Days locked outside my own darkness. Days away from meditation Days without stillness, Days without flow, Lonely days, Days without remembering love. Days of seeking comfort, Days of avoiding challenge, Days of not deciding, Days of staying small, Days we all know.