I Will Not Make Space
i will not make space
i will not mute myself
for you
to make you comfortable
for negativity to wrap around my throat
choking me
seeing red
i will not detach my arms
my legs
cover my eyes and
chop off my head
to make room for you
i will not recoil
my colossal,
gigantic,
flamboyant being
to make you feel safe
through the fleeting course of my own humanity
egos spin around me
a web to catch anything that flies in
dissecting
sucking the life from my beating heart
No,
i will not make space
i will not grow smaller
to fit you in
to the space, i occupy.
