.

Words fall out of intruding mouths
poking eyes, judging while they sit
in their same lives,
wondering why you might
not want the same
comfy chair,
big desk,
nosy boss.

And when your mind is wavering
While your legs are aching
to stretch out
and your mind contemplates
the possibilities
of new smells, words that
ask the same questions
in a different tongue,

daydreaming
just thinking

you realize your steadfastness
is just as intuding,
pin-pricking,
immobile
as the stubborn thoughts
you claim to rise above.
So you do
what you must do



and run.