Shit - Angelica Liu

I know life has ups and downs,

Swings from high to low,

but now…

I feel stuck in limbo Hung in midair like a pendulum

That has lost its momentum Struggling against a dark desire To crash to the ground.

Swarms of annoying thoughts Hum around and around Like flies you can’t wave off

Thoughts

That

Make me feel like shit….

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Angelica Liu resides and works as a teacher in Hangzhou, China. A native Chinese speaker, she has a great affinity for the descriptive power of written English. Even though she has never been to an English-speaking country, she has a passion for writing in English and writes primarily for an English-speaking audience. She has a myriad of interests, but tends toward such topics as metaphysics, the nature of love, the quantum universe, and the beauty of the natural world. She maintains a popular blog in China, her work has appeared in a number of Western publications, and in 2019 she was nominated for Push Cart Award. She is influenced by ee cummings, Milan Kundera, Carl Jung, and Joyce Kilmer--among others. She can often be found in a coffee shop, her writing pad open and a cup of coffee within easy reach.