Protect the lifeless

She begins the six-step walk to her car, the killing machine. Snap, click, skid, snap, click. This is her life now. She activates the vehicle, its roaring engine electrocuting her pain. Today is the greatest day that she will ever know. Nobody will listen to the rest. She starts to drive. She halts at the upcoming stop sign. “Why? Obviously no one else does.” She cannot feel— her body is trapped in ice. “It is done. Continue with your life. Just move on.” She stops the car in front of her recently emptied four-bedroom house. She moves along, wondering if she can still call herself a mother.

Clock, Tick, Clock

Time
Heals everything.
Scratch that.

Time, love.
Time, forgiveness.
Time, education.
Time, cancer.

You're being timed.Stop.

Time gone.
What were you waiting for?

Black Bile

I am going mad again.

Mad, Mad, Mad

I was certain there were bigger plans for me.

I don’t think I will recover. I can’t fight it.

My last mortal thought: I think I will buy the flowers myself.

Shock, Daze, Mess

Where do you go
When you want to begin?

Where do you go
When you’re just about done?

Where do you go
When you want sanctuary?

Where do you go
When you want to let go?

Where do you go
When you need somebody?

Where do you go
When all you want is isolation?

Where do you go
When it’s just too much?

Where do you go?