Could I forget

Truth be told

I’m tired
Exhausted actually

From chasing my thoughts
Which keep running
In circles

Speeding up when
I reach them, to toss them
They escape, circle again

I don’t want to think about
You, or about us, or
What could have been

I don’t want to think about
The words that were said

Or the ones left unspoken

I don’t want to think about
Any of it

Yet the thoughts
Keep circling
Finding their way to me

In the middle of the night
Creeping into my dreams
Making me wonder
Did I do the right thing

Could I forget about
Marriage and become a
Long-term dater

No, I really can not do that
I still believe in marriage

Even if, you do not

E.A. Fussell
02.09.2025