Photography © Abbie Doll
Pincushion
chewing on discomfort
silence continues to play
air is losing weight
as I relinquish my space
to the all-knowing
who I let define me
there is an odd sense of pain and comfort
that comes in feeling inadequate
its predictability induces calm—familiar yet unwelcome
a sensation that’s painfully comfortable
like a pincushion
candlelight manages to trick the senses
sometimes
Leigh Parsons is a 9-5er by day and a poet by night. Her poetry is tailored to the daydreamers and twilight thinkers, weaving a narrative crafted to shed light on the challenges of the human experience. She launched her debut poetry book Bleeding Hues in August.
Abbie Doll is an artist residing in Columbus, OH, with an MFA from Lindenwood University and is a Fiction Editor at Identity Theory. Her written work has been featured in Door Is a Jar Magazine, Full House Literary, and The Bitchin’ Kitsch, among others.