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Burnout

stop going so fast

you're gonna burn

out


you'll become weak all of a sudden


it'll start with a slow withering at the bones 

commencing into your nerves

your body, by a hulk overborn


calm down slow

down


simple deeds will become your burden

it'll start with a one, two

to forever blue


rewind a bit now let's see


your undereyes becoming balloons,

as they inflate by unnamed fumes


of years in hazy haste and purposeful intent

for a singular ambiguous project


your current lunacy, to be Frank, 

will leave your poor body to ache


what do you want? and what do you need?

now what do you really seek?


If you keep running and don't stop, 

the monster's limbs will move by themselves.

You'll be the Victor 

of this precarious thread


I'll give you a final peek,

it is you, unable to open the house door,

lurking from looking glasses out cove


and while you study,

are you happy?


i knows there are things you must be

places you must dos,

but that inbox is really way too 

full


and the better you get at keeping up with it,

the better you will get at that


your fingers, getting old

too shaky to standardize the bold


stop checking

stop clicking 


your insides, they're turning binary

one's in starvation

the other's getting rotten


but if you separate the deeds into parts, 

your core can remain whole


now lower your pace 

your heart

rate 


quick, hit re-

fresh and just


riide~



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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