You look, but nothing is there.
You fight the urge to blink
for fear that whatever it is
will become harder to find.
You search the mirror,
but come up empty.
You know it's something.
You can feel it.
You ask your friends
if they can see it.
They just throw arms
up in the air
and walk away.
You look back,
trying to remember
how it all started.
Was it carelessness
or a wreckless throwing
of caution to the wind?
Or was it just the wind
doing what the wind does?
Time stops while you
pace the floor,
caught between
needing to know what it is
and wanting it to go away...
this unrelenting burn,
persistent gnawing, scratching
like a thirst you can't quench
or a tear you can't cry.
Until finally, there's nothing left
to do, but give up on it.
Let go of the needing to know...
the who, the what, the how, the why.
The meaning of life.
Poem By Tammy C.