Rinse and repeat

This moment keeps repeating

A loop

The answer I claim not to know

Sits low in the pit of my stomach

Every time the moment loops

The pit grows

But

What if?

How many times can I ask myself this?

The loop comes again

Tonight I almost felt swallowed by it

Sorrow weighs heavy

I can talk myself out of anything

Almost

Until the moment loops again

Sigh

On With It

Dry your tears

There’s no time for this

If no one looks too close

If no one listens too close

Find the steel in your spine

Find the steel in your smile

You lead

You’re empty

If no one looks too close

If no one listens to close

The cracks won’t show too bad

The cracks will hold another day

You animate the body

You mourn your soul

If no one looks too close

If no one listens too close

Dry your tears

There’s no time for this