The conversation swirls

Around me.

But all I hear,

Are muffled sounds.

They go in one ear

And scramble my brain.

I realize a question,

has been asked.

But my blank stare gives me away.

I didn’t hear what was spoken,

So i’m not sure,

how to pretend.

To entertain the crowd.

My mind swirls,

With jumbled memories.

Ones that I have forced away,

Are threatening my heart.

Those I have relived,

over and over,

again.

Only serve to push me off the edge.

And.

I’m.

Gone.