...

such is how the new begins,
in old ways, and
practiced indifference,
in memories, and
regrets,

the urge is strong,
resistance compelling,
herald the new,
into the old, and
comfortable,

there may be,
no mystery, in this
malady, but
certainty, in this
misery.

...

many appear,
few stay,

seldom ask,
never enquire,

the everyday,
the reality,

of things,
the being,

the wants,
the needs,

i am fine,
wrapped in,
i am not,

will you give,
a damn,

perhaps i was not,
yesterday,

today perhaps,
i am,

will you stay?,
enquire?,

what is my reality?,
being?,

where are my needs?,
today?,
who am i?

...

this is how we live,

resentful thoughts,
regrettable actions,
restive feelings,

rousing ends,

this is how we die,

flickering images,
forgotten sounds,
festering emotions,

fizzled beginnings.

...

plural beginning, (to)
singular end,

from answers,
to questions,

now, (or)
later(?).

...

what of goodbyes?,

innuendos,
without intent,

threats,
without promises,

here now,
gone tomorrow,

until the next hell?, Oh!

...

what role does angst play,
in this orchestrated end?,
what role does impudence?,

aware of the inevitable,
why ignore the obvious?,
end tonight, glory tomorrow?,

or until the dead rise,
in a funk of their own,
the day after?

...

cruising spirits,
invoke more than most,
desires,
wants,
needs,

mind intoxicated,
heart a-flutter,
guards askew,
verbose,
banal,

depthless with,
thoughtless without,
despised with,
hated without,
ignored forever,

with or without?