Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Mist



I was not designed to be alone!


so, do I manufacture cancer to do the job for me,


like some sick cosmic joke?


Manufacturing the thing I fear,


creating the environment for it to flourish?


The feelings are eating me from the inside out,


especially after a bunch of days with my head in a bucket


Not even water will serve to calm or sustain,


all is rejected.


Body pain so bad I can't stand up.


tick tock. Many days in a row,


There they go.


Watching this happy, hippy, U-tube chick


tout the values of being alone today.


I could not feel any more opposite.


I have never gone to the movies alone,


or to dinner,


or lunch.


Nor have I sat in a library,


or ate at a counter.


I would never go to the woods alone


for any reason


Alone is a penance to pay


I think


until you give up


and can be alone


and be ok about it


with your last breath


finally.