I am not so good at
goodbyes
I cry.
I cry.
Today a friend said
she’s maybe not so good
at transitions
Transitions.
Almost everyone I talk to
is overwhelmed.
over.
whelmed.
Overwhelmed.
I thought maybe
I’d just like to be
plain old
whelmed
but then I
looked it up
Whelm:
to submerge; engulf
to overcome utterly; overwhelm
I guess
somehow
whelm
is a synonym of overwhelm
Then I thought I had it figured out
underwhelm!
But.
Then I looked it up
Underwhelm:
to fail to impress
Well.
strike that
I’m pretty good at
whelm
over, under,
just pain
whelm

I’m looking for poetry challenges. Today I did a Free Verse. Free Verse Friday! It’s a thing. Because I made it a thing!