Friday, July 19, 2024

the solitary of my own mind May 11, 2012

 

 

Don't look up.

I might drown,

Less worried about what goes on

 behind her stare,

than falling into the depths

where I can't breathe.

So, I hold my breath

and clutch my pencil,

and wait as her head turns

towards someone else,

 and I can breathe again.

Not long,

those eyes always turn back

if not at me then at the general

direction of where i am.

And I stop breathing until it passes,

 like some search light from some

 prisoner of war movie

 with me seeking to go undetected,

 me seeking to keep my head above

 the death of her stare,

 me seeking to keep from drowning,

 an already drenched dog,

an already lost cause,

 trapped in the solitary

of my own mind

and scared I might never escape

 


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