Submissions by jgoss

I close my eyes and the world spins faster and faster
as if it could go on better without me.
There’s a hole in my chest that rips further and further
as memories flood to my mind.
I have to keep busy or they continue coming.
Work and company are the only things that stop them
and sometimes those still fail.
I feel out of breath but at the same time I am still breathing.
I close my eyes again and visions pop in of the what ifs
and future possibilities that cannot exist.
How can happy visions bring such pain?
How can painful visions bring...