Self-fulfilling

Tears trace the window with indifference.

A detached experiment,

Like the growth chart of youth.

Heightening as the years endure.

Measure for measure.

Black line on cement wall.

Synchronicity behind glass.

Mascara muffled fragments of a

Life

Half lived.

Knife edged.

Serrated.

Rejection stabs the panes-

In unrelenting cuts of self

Doubt

And shame.

Proof of life.

Comforting.

And in the distance the thunder cry of

Failure.

Beats like a prophecy

Of doom.

• Image Acknowledgement: Canva Creation
• AI Free Acknowledgement: This is my own work and has not been generated in whole or in part by AI