"Excuse me?"

and
  a flash
   is all it takes
    to shunt the flow

-Don't

         but a moment's hesitation
        fails to arrest the flood
     and for a moment
it feels good

   as something
             Authentic
                     boils over.
                                                           ­                 It's Boiling Over

                                      I'm slipping.
      
You're talking
                                          Unheard
    
Sounds
      Choked by
            the Runaway

"Are you ok?"

and
  a flash
    is all it takes
      to shunt the flow

"I need a moment"
"Oh... ok."

and then
Quiet.

"I... I should probably go..."
"yea, it's ok. I'm ok."
"I'll text later"

following promise,
termination's tone

as canvas
becomes foreign

-you're dissociating

Words of fixtures
turn to foreshadows

             -You're dissociating

Thoughts segregate


                            -You're Dissociating


good faith
and isolation
give safety to a tear

and
  a flash
    is all it takes
      to allow a Flood.