POEMS • [more] •

Reminder

If I could burn my troubles
Smear ash and dust over the worries
The regret, the insecurities, the intrusive-thought-bubbles

These cigarettes burn my throat
When I'm reminded you aren't here forever
I'm not stupid, I don't need to be reminded
I know your life is on a tether

It's only so long before you're let loose
To roam free and with no home
I know, I've left you
So why does it feel like I'm the one with the noose

I know death is everywhere
But why am I always so young
When it's always so close
So taunting, offering, always here