1st time on this stage with a confession…

I’ve gotten away with murder

but nobody’s gonna arrest me

I’m a poet, after all

my murders are metaphorical.

I murdered my joy

but Joy is a Phoenix

so Joy comes back

a different time,

a different place

new name

same face

& the murder weapon?

overthinking.

~

I got away with it when distractions were plentiful and my life was in a logical order of false certainty

when overthinking was a fun passtime

but moving into the world means

you’ll get hit eventually

and overthinking that will lead you to dark places