Betta Tryptophan

Grasping at the Moment: Bane of Presence

A one line poem for Sheryl Martin’s Chalkboard prompt “Presence”

I think my doctor knows very well that opioids are controlled. I have heard the steps he has to take in order to prescribe them, and these steps aren’t cheap (this is so because they are tightly controlled). I pay for my treatment; the opioids simply allow me to function in everyday life. Without them, I would be confined to my bed more often than…

Imbalance

Days spent in sixty-cycle automation,

I sift the junk of many years