Don't Help Me

songs that help me
think of you
help me write
things i had not
the will to do


lines i hear
help me express
things i wish not
to attest


afflicted in excess
admitting to my duress
is what i never digress


poems
that help me forget
help me
read your lips
i struggle
with words
as the preface
of your muzzle
pates my fingertips


reading your mind's
adaptations
helps me deal
with abnegation
affection is taxation
my thoughts made
the last transaction
traded memories
are now sanctioned


letters that help me
tread back
to those steps
help me
appear less inept


sitting ducks
on my lap
peck away
at a stonewall
heart that saps


don't help me