Stuck in an invisible box.
She stared at the ceiling, mulling over what went wrong. Some may call it overthinking of course, but to her, it was a normal day. Thoughts ran through her head constantly no matter what. This just happened to be a moment that caught her on a cycle. Thoughts of what ifs and could've beens. Thinking of moments that could have changed an inevitable outcome. Grasping at straws that she never had to begin with. Trying to find a solution to a problem that’s already been solved. Yet instead of moving on, she finds herself in a loop. Repeating an ever-changing equation to problems that don’t solve. Maybe it didn’t need an equation in the first place. Yet she pushes an imperfect formula. Fitting situations in a box in hopes of always being prepared. Stuck in an invisible box. Pushing to get out yet too scared to see the box doesn’t exist. To her, the box is as real as it can be. The fact that others don’t see it damages her. Because if there isn’t a box there at all, all that fighting was fruitless. Maybe the equation she imperfected was simply her way of building limitations to escaping: realizing that she needed to open her eyes and see. And no experience can prepare one for that.










