Limbic Threat 🎧

I have a graph
to show you
like where a stock is
when it’s about to
break out lower
through the support level
and I’m blinking at the screen
listening to my office neighbor
yell at someone on the phone,
a glass of sparkling water,
a pencil I just sharpened,
a post-it on my monitor
with a mantra on it.
I laugh at a joke I’ve heard
too many times.
I try to find beauty in the green
outside my window
instead my insides scream.
I’m waiting for summer storms
and a parking lot where the water
never drains properly,
my wet hair stuck to my face,
drops on my eyelashes,
another glass of sparkling water.
I have a graph to show you
and I never trust where it goes.

(Daily Writing 044)