Run away from the pain
Drink the pain away
Work the pain away
Celebrate survival
Food has become more than fuel
We indulge in distractions
We run away from the pain
We run away from ourselves
We eat to feel satisfied with our lives
The discomfort is excruciating
We cannot sit with ourselves for a moment and face reality
We would like a sweet escape
the rush, and the high of pleasure
We indulge in pleasure to run away from pain
We run away from the truth
Captivating sensations so alluring;
Antidote or anthesis
Anything to cope
Representations of our desensitization
figures trying to figure it out
With blurred vision
Anything to separate me from myself
A Placeholder to hold space for the emotions
I hide that later latch on to my body like a parasite sucking the earth out of me
Until I am forced to numb myself with escape
I bandage them and as to not burden my life
I don’t have time to feel, I need money
Repressed emotions linger and haunt me
My shadow is lurking behind me