Echoes of echoes, resound in my head. memories of memories, from past lifes I've led. Who have I been, what have I done. Am I hiding from something, Am I on the run? Dreams of past dreams, keep me awake. Speaking of speaking, my silence I break. Spinning and falling, I lightly touch ground. Head spinning in circles, I'm looking around. Thinking I'm dizzy, I'm reeling away. My head's playing, games I don't like to play. Gawking and looking, into people's eyes. Nobody likes me, I see no surprise. I've heard the truth, I've heard all the lies. I love the sound of my own strangled cries. I have answers and questions nobody hears. Sobbing and weeping I love salty beers. Daydreaming of daylight, waiting for dark. Searching for nothing, missing that spark. A day in my life, a reminder of death. Endlessly searching for my last breath. The day I find it, the day that I die. No one will care, no one will cry D.L. Crockett -- 9/27/22