• I sit here and think.
    Think about the past
    and how it plagues me;
    how it taunts me and
    how it teases me.
    It runs me over and laughs.

    I had put the snake in the box
    hoping it would disappear,
    when in actuality,
    I just made it madder.
    I hid the bloody knife
    behind my back,
    thinking that it would go away.
    Unfortunately,
    it's here to stay.

    I sit here and think.
    Think about the present
    and how it looks scary;
    of how it engulfs me.
    I think about
    how it is both
    Effect and Cause.
    It encircles me,
    and trips me.

    I had put the snake in the box
    hoping it would disappear,
    when in actuality,
    I just made it madder.
    I hid the bloody knife
    behind my back,
    thinking that it would go away.
    Unfortunately,
    it's here to stay.

    I sit here and think.
    Think about the future.
    How it dances just out of my reach.
    Just out of my grasp.
    I think about the roads,
    the possibilities, and
    the dead ends.
    And then the future runs away
    and laughs.

    I had put the snake in the box
    hoping it would disappear,
    when in actuality,
    I just made it madder.
    I hid the bloody knife
    behind my back,
    thinking that it would go away.
    Unfortunately,
    it's here to stay.