Archive for January 2019
It never ends
There are places where the bus stops are used only by those who don’t live there.
By those who are invited in but not to stay.
And those lucky enough to stay are as lucky to live nameless among the known.
But they’re even more foreign than when they arrived.
Full of promise and hope.
Their skin contrasts the cold concrete bench,
waiting at a stop for something that never really stops.
Anxiety
The quiet grows louder
Silence builds and builds
Chest tightens harder
The quiet grows louder
Silence builds and builds
Chest tightens harder
And the quiet grows
Chest grows tighter
Silence builds
The quiet
Builds
The silence tightens
Chest
Louder
Builds and builds
Grows louder
Tightens harder
The quiet
The silence
The chest
The mind. The mind. The mind.
All around seems normal
But all is not the same.
You look around and wonder
Why am I looking from the outside in?
There must be a reckoning
Recovery
Result
There must be a reckoning
A Recovery
A Result
A way to capture sunlight when the clouds block your view.
Running from nothing, always running from nothing,
Running for something that isn’t there.
Show me how
Slow me down
Show me how
Slow me down
Running from nothing.
Separate the senses.
Hold them and listen.
It’s going to be okay.
It’s going to be okay.
Hold them and listen.
Separate the senses.
It’s going to be okay.
It’s going to be okay.
Blind the light.
Recognize moment.
Breathe through the hysteria.
Exhale confusion.
Inhale relief.