Based in Northern vignia, embwrites is a blog by poet Em. Her works explore themes surrounding self exploration and emotional expression.  

black box

four black walls
surround me,
cramped concrete
sucking the air
out of my chest –

thoughts constantly
reverberating off
my skull –

stupiduglyfatbitch
stupiduglyfatbitch
stupiduglyfatbitch

stupidfatstupidfat
stupidfatstupidfat
FAT FAT FAT

each syllable
banging together
like a mallet
to a gong –

 no windows
no sun
no moon
no night
no day –

only the endless
repetitive march
as the seconds
tick away –

I’ve forgotten
the feeling
of human touch,
but have memorized
the staccato smacks
of sadness
that interject between
the numb loneliness –

no blanket
no bed
just the cold
concrete floor –

there is no warmth
there is no light
only darkness
forevermore.

Death Toll Rises

Total Destruction