selfish

agenda’s.

segments of life planned with purpose – intent.

audacious.

implied autonomy over purpose.

sometimes events follow sequence.

sometimes –

the train they occupy ends up derailed.

and while we stop to gather up the broken pieces of should,

we realize with discontent that ignorance of our assume.

more valuable –

deposits of relevance made to banks of could,

rather than wasted on accoutrements of selfishly worn suppose…

the familiarity of alone

“we sit in empty rooms –

consumed with the next thought,

surreptitiously interjected into our uneventful lives.

searching for value and justification,

we scan through the abyss of suppose,

anticipating relevance –

some semblance of self-value.

and when we find nothing notable,

we resort back to our misery –

wrap ourselves up in the familiarity of alone.”