The Dirge of the Overachiever (~haiku~)

"You slip into a heavy darkness, Light fading and consciousness Settling like a barometer down, Down,     Down,           Down,               you fall, Farther, and it's pulling. Compelling.  Tantali..."

"Today I sit, feign interest in work. Tomorrow will I do the same. While yesterday you spoke of love, I hardly can remember the names Of others who have done the same. As someone else could I believe ..."

"Three months, Sixty years, Passing by, Standing here. Ever present, Ever gone, Always lessons, Scoolboy's yawn. Doesn't matter, Wasn't there, Never saw them, Doesn't care. Sees the pictures On the..."

"Go for it, Do what you can, Say what you can, Just make sure she's in tears before you leave, Because then you've won. If she is crying so hard that she can't control her breathing, Then you've won. ..."

"I sit Stare Gape Empty pages... Five hundred empty pages. Little blue lines, Little red lines, Empty white space, Non-existence in its most tangible form. An empty page always seems so sad. He has ye..."

"Driving that night, My favorite neighborhood, No lights, no sounds, Just the humming popping cracking of the engine And my own gentle humming. Clearing my thoughts, Ridding my heart of him. Filling m..."