SELF AND HEALTH

THE SQUATTER

In the past

it was Reader’s Digest Health manuals;

now

it’s the internet

defecating

in your brain.

The squatter

won’t vacate, and

even if it does, it's

scarred with

‘Deathly messages’

graffiti scrawled

within the mind.

The more I forget,

the more it reminds me –

the loss of

friends

forever mourned.

PANIC

Sitting on the toilet, waiting

for Tyche, shaking sounds of

thoughts vibrate. Fresh light,

frantic, newly formed,

illuminates acidic harm.

Brow sweat vapour dampens time,

damning loathing with regret.

Paint fume fears forgive

like bats flapping in volcanic

ash. Internet illusions irk

like itching souvenirs.

Evian’s my nemesis.

SEARCHING

I am unable to perform CBT on

rain, or undertake Colour Therapy on Nimbrostratus clouds, so I

will continue disappointing. Perhaps dissecting conversations, and over-thinking like a fearful partner, will assist me. It’s easy for you who has never

failed. I peel apart like a sunburnt orange, striving to

feel better, but feeling worse, and

disintegrating as quickly as my.....

....Contentment is like a future not yet written

down. Each time I believe I’ve found it, it leaves

without me. I drafted my concerns whilst eating your

dark chocolate. The question mark is my soul, waiting for the

answers.

EVERY DAWN CLEARS THE NIGHT BEFORE

I overtake you in the street, and lead

in a race you’re not even competing

in. It’s my silent pleasure, daily need

to win at something before each meeting

begins. I hear your feet speed up, I

quicken in response. Victory is mine

I silently internalise. You jog on by.

I fear you’ve got your own race too, you swine.

If I don’t win then my day will disperse

across weeks. All my promotions will invert.

I run, and run, as I have to be first.

Success is my tissue that wipes away hurt.

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