"State of the Mind"

"State of the Mind"

Greg Budig 2022

State of the mind.

Self absorbed, 

isolated, guarded.

No longer willing 

to deal with the current 

charade of today's society.

Is this where grief and 

loss have left you or 

is this just where 

you decided 

to stay?

This was not 

supposed to happen, 

but it happened just the same. 

Just wanting to survive.

Fragility of the mind.

First succumbing to 

a paralyzing grief.

Suffocating sadness. 

Time passed, 

grief subsided. 

Now only 

loneliness survives.

How pathetic 

the existence of 

a depressed mind…

unless it's yours. 

The End