“Oftentimes I catch myself staring at a particular nothing.
Nothing at all.
Transported to somewhere that only exists within me.
Not blinking for several seconds at a time,
Eyes stinging from unwanted memories.
I force myself to snap out of these wretched recollections,
Swallowing the words I want to say away.
Down to where no one else can see them,
Where no one else but I know they lay.”