March 14, 2010

Wherever I am

I am what is missing.

Mark Strand

if one's perception is that

beng present

actually feels like

being absent from

your presence

then being put upon to

be present

is really

only an interruption from actually

being present

so that you can

remain absent

struggling to

pretend to

be present

distracted the entire time

by thoughts of leaving

the chaos of

the present

you entered absent

and returning to

the absence

of the present

you left behind

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March 14, 2010

5:44 a.m.