Drowning in Sweat from Being Too Nervous About Things to Be Nervous About

11th of Forty

Caleb Gerdes
Woke up, Looked around,
the room has changed
and yet is the same room.

A child,
that was what I was.
The bathroom,
simply a public bathroom,
was what it was.
An adult I am
haunted
by that bathroom
yet.

I play nice
now, fingers working
mind wandering
toward goals
of real identity:
Gods expression
of existence within me.
I act nice
now, children will not fear
me, women feel
no fear . Yet
should they?
I play nice
and under all
I see the hunger
still alive.
Can't do it,
can't love her yet,
if its you I can't love yet,
I'm sorry.

I may be still asleep.

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