oh. it's 2022?

I was writing halfway when

2022 shoved me out of the way.

I screamed, then fell silent

Looking at the mess I have made.

Like a comma, the world pauses to stare

Then hurries along

Snuffing me out with a full stop ('.')

That bursts a hole. in my 20th birthday balloon.

No more hopes. No more dreams.

My friends around me don't notice

That the balloon is deflating.

Instead they ask why I'm not eating,,,

the birthday cake.