High Tides

Today was a good day

I did not think of you

My busy life grabbed me

and left no space

fpr you to invade.

Just for a few hours.

No you to control me

demand of me all I have.

Time at lunch to relax

read a magazine

fix my make up.

To breathe fresh air

in the park.

Just for a few minutes

I was me again.

Free just me.

Then in an instant

I see you in my head.

Then like a high tide

floods the shore

in relentless waves.

all the thoughts I fought

roll over me.

No air I can’t breathe

I am dying.

And the last thing I see

Is your face.