Dissocation

August 3, 2017

i do not know who i am

i am looking in the mirror

and see a face that is not familiar to me

i touch the skin

and know that it is mine

but i am not me

it doesn't feel like this face

this body should belong to me

my mind has been shut off

like i'm staring into space

but i'm not just staring

i'm floating in the darkness

my insides have become

tv static

like when television would hit 2am

and play the national anthem

and go off the air

the buzzing

the soft shhh

the discordance inside me

is constantly

a forever hum

in the back of my mind

my daydreams

feel more like a reality

and my reality

feels like daydreams

i am forgetting the things

i have written down

the places i have ended up

and questions i mean to ask

i am not me

my mind is disconnected

please leave a message

after the beep

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