03 February 2009

#10

Elizabeth
What helps?
Filling my mind with distractions,
idle chores, trying
to just stop thinking.
TV, laundry, bourbon -
clouds. Daydreams.
Memories. I try to escape the now
with thoughts of the better past
but there's no way away,
no true escape.
I'm pulled back to now
by my empty bed.

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