What Is It? Poem by Natalie Nicholls

What is it that I'm feeling?
Am I not feeling a thing?
I am trying
To at least cling
To something worth mentioning

The phone goes ring ring
No ringtone about bling bling
Heavily I am sweating
With all the arguments I'm hearing

Tightly I am closing
My ears that are whitening
With all the pressure I am giving
As not to hear anything

Alone in silence I am lying
Those people have stopped ranting
Those people have stopped being
Two beings with no meaning

Alone in silence I am lying
What is it that I'm feeling?
Am I not feeling a thing?
I am trying to cling
To something worth mentioning