Seeking Solutions

moments of silence
fall short
of expectations,
lies told and heard,
rumors passed along,
feelings hurt
or set aside to slumber,
and within
all of this nonsense
comes the silence,
the dark empty room
of one's thoughts,
where meaning and logic
are burned away
like sawdust
blows off with the wind,
and we
desperately seek out
solutions,
leaving us with only
despair or anguish,
and the solitude
of anger that
goes nowhere ends up
inside us to manifest.

23Jan16