Break down
By Claire Myer
Break up and break down.
Once so close, now someone I hate.
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Neurotically organising stationary.
Maybe I'm stressed.
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Maybe I'm stressed about not wanting to be in the city I am in,
But also wanting to stay near my friends.
Starting all over again is hard.
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Or maybe I'm stressed about the fact that all of my ex's are now happy with their respective
partners.
And I'm alone.
Not content with myself, not content with others.
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Maybe I'm stressed about the idea of being stressed because I know my skin manifests it.
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Maybe I'm stressed about the hole I swear I have in my tooth.
Even though the dentist took an x-ray and told me the opposite.
How can your brain make you feel like there's a hole when there's not?
I just don't believe it.
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I’m definitely stressed.
Claire Myer is a primary school teacher in Auckland Central.
She enjoys writing journal entries in her spare time.