A-8

Startling quietness has entered my mind.

It keeps me on my toes

Begging for more.

It knots my stomach

keeps me from sleeping

buys up all the free space in my mind

But it keep me away.

It keeps me from me

just for a little bit.

I know it'll end

because today

I woke up and

put a name to the chain that dragged me around

these past few days.

Me.

The broadest sense of me.

The darkest parts of me.

I'm not drowning because I don't want to swim.

I'm sinking while I'm swimming to the bottom.