the burning blue

These days slide silently
against each other
interchangeable

My sunburnt shoulders
are all I have mark the passage
of time between yesterday's rain
and today's burning blue

I'm lonely
I'm bored and I'm boring
I'm disconnected
and there is never enough time
to recharge

I try to find myself in small ways
poetry
art
sarcastic internet quotes
books and stories
that slide into each other
most promptly forgotten
once they're done

These daysI feel
more like a memory
than a person

I can't tell you who I am
but I can tell you who I was

These days slide silently
against each other
I look forward to the sunburn

© Indie Adams 2021