Two Years Ago, a Thunder Echo Rerun

I am afraid…

I am afraid of missing those I love
When they are gone
I am afraid of being bored
Because the bored are boring
I am afraid of hunger and pain
Especially other peoples’ pain
So I look away
Or laugh
I am afraid that my entertainments
Are wallpaper covering empty spaces
Inside of me
I am afraid of long silences
They loom so large
Between us

So I tell a joke
Or laugh
Or roll my eyes
And hope you don’t walk away
Leaving me
In an empty space

I am afraid

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Credits:

Words by Jay Larsen

Collage by Jay Larsen

Originally posted to the blog April 2006

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens