Writing Prompt

Earthquakes no longer feel foreign to my body

For it is my nature to crumble under the pressure of the world

For me to destroy myself

And the things that I’ve built

When the weight of the world seems far too much

I go through the day with the tremble in my bones

And the unevenness of my uncertainty swirling in my thoughts

Through and through

The waves of the emotions crashing into me

Maki...

First day of classes,

And my body is freaking out.

My heart beats hastily,

And my breathes are trembling and short.

I don’t know anyone,

And no one knows me.

I can feel a bundle of an agonizing storm

Brewing inside with nervous lightning strikes.

Earthquakes no longer feel so foreign,

For my body shakes with anxiety.

Will I be okay?

I know I will be, but one cannot predict the future....

I can feel the heat building. The gut wrenching inferno that rips through my body like wild fire.

It’s happening again but how do I stop it?

My brain reacts to keep me safe. But what is the danger it’s protecting me from?

I was once a child.

My innocence was stolen by the very people responsible for protecting me.

I’ve perfected my act over the years. When I had no choice but to smile and ...

Earthquakes no longer feel foreign to my body,

as seizures plague me,

my tectonic plates shift facing adversity,

causing my epicenter to shake with frustration,

I feel like earthquakes are no longer foreign to my body....

Earthquakes no longer feel so foreign to my body.

I swear to God, I’ve never been this hot for anybody.

You send my defenses into full blown karate.

Every time I’m near you, I feel so fucking naughty.

I wanna taste your lips, trace my tongue along your body.

Puppetmaster pull my strings. The devil lives inside my body.....

Earthquakes no longer feel foreign to my body

My hands tremble

My muscles strain

My face starts to heat

Drops of sweat fall from my forehead to my chest

I’m getting hot

The air is too thick in here

But I shake

And my teeth chatter

Like I’m in the middle of a blizzard

I wonder if the seismic waves of my body shake more than me

Does the house shake?

The neighborhood?

The state?

I pre...

Earthquakes no longer feel so foreign to my body

The stable ground, crumbling in an instant

The aftershocks, ripping through my veins

Have become the norm, an expectation

Why would any of this be easy?

Every time the ship starts to right itself

Another wave comes crashing overboard

Submerging me once again

Suffocating me once again

When I had only learned how to breathe again

When I had only le...

Earthquakes no longer feel so foreign to my body

I move with the strength of tectonic plates, not gonna stop me

You don’t know me at all

But I’m here to let you know, this is just the get-go

I’m on the come up, volume one, scaring the hoes

I’m not here for fame

I’m in love with the game, which exists in my brain

Even when I’m writing this verse,

I can teach you about the universe

Seriously, can y...

Earthquakes no longer feel foreign to my body

My mind is racing and my ego is gaudy

Hurricanes no longer cause shivers down my spine

Everything they are is everything that is mine

Tornadoes no longer can blow my life over

My body stands fast as the grass and the clover

Thunder no longer scares me at night

The sounds from above are the sounds in my mind

Forever no longer sounds like sure death

...

Earthquakes no longer feel so foreign to my body

He was a magnitude eight

That crumbled my world after shaking it so fiercely

A quiet storm before the turmoil began

Bountiful love

True and passionate

With desperate longing and secrecy

Tremors came to surface

Too powerful to contain

I thought it best to release them

The tremors that shook me

Relief and confession

Unburdening my soul

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