Escape

Escape
Do you ever just need an escape?
An escape from reality?
Your past?
Your present?
The thoughts inside your head?
The overthinking of every little thing?
Every mistake?
Every miss spoken word ?
Everything unsaid? 
Every regret?
Every small thing you could’ve done better?
No matter how big or small
Each moment replays in your head,
Wondering 
what could I have said different?
What could I have done different?
What could I have done better?
But you gotta escape from those thoughts 
Find a way to block them out
Do anything but face them. 
But it all ends the same 
You just keep thinking and thinking,
Until it eats you alive ,
Then you’ll realize
You gotta face it
And eventually,
You will
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Shafer Avatar
July 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Smith nee Howarth Avatar
July 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Facing those demons, those could have, should have. Some day you will face them and embrace them.
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