A Shimmering View

from As I Cast Ruin Upon the Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw by Cavernlight

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I make sincere attempts to engage and interact with the world. But most days feel like I'm watching it all through a shimmer, a reflection. The way the surface of water looks from below when you're gazing up towards the light. I am observing the world through that distorted view, seeing shapes and shadows. I am unable to trust my perception but I'm still reacting as if it is objectively true. So I continue, submerged, flowing downstream. Sometimes close to the surface, sometimes further below. Deeper. Sometimes barely capable of making sense of the things that I see. Regardless of my depth I still find myself in some degree second guessing everything. I still find myself struggling. I find myself suffocating. I reach for the shimmering surface, but I never really breach it. I can never interact with others or with reality without feeling disconnected, isolated. I can never interact with clarity, without struggling to understand. I spend every day living below the shimmer.

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from As I Cast Ruin Upon the Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw, released May 13, 2022

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