No Feelings, Please

I feel sick

I’m not ill
But I have feelings

Feelings I don’t want
to feel

My cheeks turn red
and hot

My emotions
are in motion
And about to explode

I need to resist
Fight

Because obviously I will never survive
this discomfort

Let me escape and suppress
Yes, that’s better
I think the feelings are gone

UNWOVEN
by Thamara Zijlstra