Red

Exhaustion

Like a blanket

It makes it hard to stand straight

Or say what I believe

It gets you sick

With mistaken beliefs

Because your courage to fight them has gone with your energy

On these days

I look back,

Watching those sunsets

When I knew I was mine

And I knew I could be 

Anyone I wanted 

Before innocence gave way

To planning 

I scroll

My fingers disconnected

As my mind reads,

And yet

Does not comprehend

Cease-fire?

My heart leaps

But the words after bring my spirit

Down

Tenuous

It won’t last