Anthony Hanible

I’m Sorry I Had To Take My Medicine

I’m sorry I had to take my medicine

The world was starting to tilt again

Edges softening

Rooms breathing too loudly

My own name slipping from my hands

I didn’t want to disappear mid sentence

Or drift like smoke

Through the doorway of myself

So I stopped

Swallowed the quiet thing

That keeps me here

That anchors the light

Before it flickers out

I’m still with you

Just needed a moment

To stay whole