You say I’m weird, but no
I can’t help but feel too much or perceive all that goes on
You’re just scared I see right
through you. Insecure little one. What does it accomplish
when you use words to hurt, to manipulate
All it does
is show me you refuse to develop
and that you are not a safe space
I try to be authentic
There’s nothing more natural, or scarier, than that
Yet I feel the need to suppress my character for your
comfort and my peace. It’s you who’s weird. I accept and avoid. But you
will never let me forget it. Is it because I’m
Niamh M. Hammel
Niamh (pronounced ‘nee-v’) is an Irish writer, 'slash' librarian, 'slash' copy-editor who is fecking around and finding out through creative non-fiction. Very new to the spectrum, she has turned to prose in an attempt to unravel and explore the confusing intricacies and contradictions of the human condition.