i see hints of people i knew
in strangers’ faces passing by
and it suffocates me
because even as i’ve left
and abandoned all the
pains and familiarities of that life
it’s not loosening its grip on me
and it feels like i’m doomed
to an old life that never belonged to me
when i’m trying to build a life
where i find my Self in everything
i do without relying on doing it
to feel myself be Me