I’ve been dismissed;

shut off like a leaking faucet

dripping endlessly

from an old nagging pipe

I’ve been here before

on the other side

shutting down, shutting off,

turning away when I shouldn’t have,

drowning in shallow waters


So this is how it feels;

empty; hollow like a rabbit’s hole

Just enough room for emotions

to scream in and out of

I have caused hurt;

can hear the blood dripping

from once laughing eyes

and so now I hurt

Another turning point?  Possibly

And now it’s time to start all over