a quick poem about how things have been going lately
“I’ve been thinking about suicide,
I say,
To the woman in the nice antique chair in front of me. She scribbles down notes in a dirty note pad. She crosses her legs and looks at me seriously but says nothing.
I’ve been thinking about killing myself,
I say,
To my mother at three in the morning when she walks in on me crying. She crosses her arms over her chest and looks at me with sadness in her eyes, but says nothing.
I’ve been thinking about giving up,
I say,
To my girlfriend when we’re alone. She crosses her arms around me and holds me tight. I feel her tears on my skin but she says nothing.
I think about death,
Like,
A person in a shitty, dead end job thinks about retirement.
Metaphorically :
I go in every day in my sweat stained suit and I work at my desk doing meaningless paperwork.
I watch my co workers go about their day, happy as can be.
They all love this job so much, why can’t I love it?
Why do I look up at my bosses’ big empty office and ask why he hired me?
He’s never at work anymore.
I think about my family and I know it would be bad if I quit my job - but
But there it is
There it is
In the corner of my eyes, on the edge of the horizon a light shining through the dim.
It smells like my childhood, happy and free. It’s the window in my office.
I want to hold it in my hands,
I want to let myself fall through it-
but If I do I’ll give up everything I’ve done. I’ll give up all that meaningless paperwork. All those people,
All those coworkers…
They mean something, right?
The job gets better once you get a promotion.
It’s not that bad.
You’re just lazy,
I say to myself, I cross my arms on top of my desk and lay my weary head down.
And I feel nothing.”