layer upon layer upon layer upon

9:09 PM

there are things behind each layer of everyone


beautiful things

horrible things

unfamiliar things 

things only each layer knows of 

i don't know your story,

and don't act like you know mine,

because you walk in nikes,

and i walk in converse,

and she walks in nurses, and therapists, and doctors,

and he may not be dead,

but he isn't anything near living.

so don't be fooled by chapped lips and dry skin.


because below sea-level


means drowning


and it takes one layer


to make it look like you're not.




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