There's a pleading tone to this question I battle before and after I ask A not so simple, "why can't I just let the past be the past?" I know at first glance, I'm nothing more than moth in a trance Pinging off the same piece of backlit display glass An abused mind easily transfixed, statue still and steadfast While running summer Olympic qualifying fast, all gass Feet growing roots, interlocking with blades of grass A introspective narrative of an internal impasse