Our minds don't stop They tread a perpetual treadmill Un-ordinary tragedies crowd out Other emotions Like hope or light fading in bitter interaction...mutual attraction Conversations that will never cease Stories unwind While we lie between sheets Anxious, prostrate Because we aren't what we want To be And we will never be What we want to be Tragedies in brooding nights Hovering...a figure Stands stoically in the doorway Staring, standing He's not real... But we must keep our eyes closed And fool ourselves Because we fear fatigue And tomorrow