Day 10 - Napowrimo - Terra Nullius
- mishrabrittany
- Apr 10
- 1 min read
Today, I chose a prompt from Instagram's Poetry Prompt Generator for Day 8. Alas, it's day 10, but the day 8 prompt inspired me to write this sonnet.
Terra Nullius
Last night, your exhaustion showed like a rubber
band stretched just before the point of breaking.
Some days you wear your tired like a badge
of honor. But today, you recognize it
for what it really is: Your death greeting you.
And every PowerPoint presentation,
every night you lie awake watching
the ceiling spell shadows into the shape
of your worry, every skipped breakfast and
lunch, everyday spent sitting in front of
a computer, every meeting you join,
every time you say yes, instead of no,
it’s like baring your neck to the undertaker,
daring it to claim you into a something.
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