The Pill

I have to take these pills
three times a day
everyday

so I don't get sick.

They come in a huge bottle.

"Take With Food"

in bold letters across the label.

I stopped taking them once and
thought I could control it
mind over matter

liberating myself.

But after a while I found myself
hunched over with nothing in my stomach

but crackers and apple juice.

And I was told I couldn't survive like that.

So now I swallow the pill each day with a meal.

Because sometimes it's just easier to take
the pill and eat bacon and eggs

than to suffer it out with nothing on your stomach.

Moron

Today I realized that...

We're not in highschool anymore and
you're not the person you once were and

It's become apparent that...

you're feigning ignorance and
hoping that I don't see through it and

Clearly I am a moron...

This Love

Lately I find myself lying around in the midday
sun on my couch thinking of
this love.

And I find the thought of being without
just as unnerving as the idea of
being with.

And I wonder if somehow my subconscious shall find
a way to sabotage us (you) as it
always does.

And I pray with all of my strength that this time
my heart will not deny
this love.