CLAUSTROPHOBIC COLLAPSE

Claustrophobic collapse.
That's what this became.
Not one fall.
Not one ending.
Just pressure finding new ways to make me suffer.
I felt my ribs tighten around every sentence I never got to finish.
I felt my throat close around every truth you didn't want named.
I kept myself quiet so you could stay comfortable.
That should have told me who I was becoming.
I wasn't loved.