My mind is full of cotton

So thick I can barely breathe

So thick I can barely think

So tightly wound I cannot see

So tightly bound I cannot move

Through threads so close

I can almost hear them

Sliding against desires I cannot reach

Sliding against emotions I cannot have

Suffocating expressions I cannot show

Suffocating questions I cannot ask

Stifled in existing, seeing, feeling

Stifled in speaking, asking, thinking

Everything is caught

In the cotton in my mind.