A Forgettable Day

Doubled over in the shower

Body slick, echoing wails

Steam rising

No tears, just the rasp of dry heaving.

Stasis on the rug, limbs heavy

Shallow breathing

Salt water pools in the left ear

The sound of my own drowning.

Sobbing in the car

Empty parking lot

Snot glistening as the sun sets

Memories cascading.

Trapped in this painful abyss

Between that first breath

And the last sigh

This cruel middle of living.