I walked past

… didn’t notice

kept on moving

felt this motion

I need to maintain

What happens around me

Just will continue

I’m counting on that

If I suddenly stop

I might need to breathe

–

Whoosh

In a day it seems

Everything around me

Continues to happen

And yet

If I were to stop

That attention

Moments of recognition

Create an internal anxiety

Leaves me helpless and scared

–

Inside my world

It seems on the outside

To have this inherent pain

My mechanics; my human

Priority

Is somehow different

I can’t explain

And that’s why I choose

Silence

I’m safer inside this world

Remaining untouched.

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Although I’d like you to know this one thing …