It takes two to experience vulnerability

In the Uber home, you felt an emotion

In your jail cell made of fibres

But it never broke the surface of your placid face

You voluntarily lie down

Let the waves crash upon you. 

When you look at the universe it doesn’t feel so bad

When you zoom into one piece of dust in this desert

You find a searing pain equal to the mass of a black hole.

Pour yourself a cup of coffee

Fingers and pens tapping on the desk

It is too bright outside to do anything.

Stop it, you think

Trying to erase yourself with willpower. 

It feels like forever

The bad memories stay, the good ones leak out like light

You can’t see the way out like you used to.