Her

Her breath trembled as she focused inward,

away from the headaches and kind faces,

away from the accommodating laughs, the calling kitchen,

Her hands fell from wall to wall,

each surface helping the footsteps that followed.

maybe if she could just focus on one spot the world would stop spinning for a while

she'd much prefer a static blur to the moving stationary that surrounded her.

Her legs crumbled gently beneath her,

maybe if she could

 just match 

her breaths 

then it would stop feeling as if they were sputtering.

It's probably just sleep.

She didn't get much of it last night, or the night before

or-

The family is fine, thanks

She has to go, Mum's calling her

Reviews

[diaphanous]

An emotional and intense piece, that last line, "The family is fine, thanks/She has to go, Mum's calling her" was heartbreaking.

[Delilah]

Thank you, I'm glad the emotion translates