so many inconveniences - the tiny parking space I am given the red lights on the way to work the empty pack of cigarettes the commercials on the radio the obnoxious children next door the distance between you and I the fact that you are just a boy the realization that I am getting older the light that flickers on my vanity the churning in my stomach the god awful heat wave the lack of flowers in my garden the lack of a garden in general the promise of you moving on the ache residing inside my chest the empty pill bottle on my dresser the nightmares about you the heart that refuses to let me die - so many inconveniences