Pacing.

Running up and down the halls.

Is this excitement,

Or restlessness?

Stepping back and forth,

Does this help 

Pass the time? 

Or keep me off edge?

Considering it’s been four weeks

And i’m only getting worse,

I’ll take that as a no.

Why can’t I stop rocking back and forth?

Is this how a trapped animal feels?

Pacing back and forth,

Waiting for help.

Am I even asking for it?

Restless nights

Something someone should never

Have to deal with.

At least not alone.

Salt tracked in by boots,

Did it want to stay

At home?...