splits

i’m going in circles

the sky is black and white

a cool, elusive mist

enveloping me

i can’t tell if i’m passing the people around me

or if they’re passing me

there is no music in my ears

no thought between them

time runs this same track

i cannot outpace him

i cannot let him lap me

i feel his minutes in my soles

his years in my hamstrings

faster