Uppers and Lowers

[geminiwench]

It wasn't until I was in my 20s

Comments

[glove_to_face]

with the pounding heart feeling
of an explosive panic-cry
as my head swirled with my well-researched
(and lived experience)
knowledge about how much
the possible solutions will cost
and how long they will take to implement.

Not just in the tens of thousands of dollars

My confidence leaked out
alongside my self-pitying and fearful tears.

No one is dead,
hearts are unbetrayed,
and love is real,
but... damned...
.... I'm just so envious
of a nice smile
and a strong bite.

You wrote a poem about a shared experience across likely millions of people. I feel this very deeply.
:'''(
But also :''')

[geminiwench]

I just don't know what else to say.
I'm a thoroughly crushed and flattened can on the topic of my teeth.

[glove_to_face]

It's a lot. :/

[geminiwench]

It's... a lot.

[halfmoon_mollie]

sending you hugs, my sweet friend, because ...yeah.

[taz_39]

I am so sorry you had to experience that :(

[geminiwench]

Life is hard, and no one gets off scott-free.

I'm lucky that I have savings to drain (who needs a house bigger than two rooms for two people to live in ANYWAYS?!) to spend the consequences of being born in the first place.

[verdande_mi]

Shame is such a rubbish feeling for evolution to have given us!

I am sorry you have to deal with all this :( sending some good vibes across the Atlantic.

[geminiwench]

Shame makes sense when you really are being a piece of shit and need to know and learn from it.

It's just a problem when we're ashamed of being human AT ALL, right?
As if generic imperfections make us monsters rather than... human.
That? Well, that sucks.