Mile a Minute

Mind a mile a minute

Music won't do it

Breathing won't do it

Writing won't do it

Reading won't do it

The past won't do it

Unblending won't do it

Tapping won't do it

It helps momentarily

Until everything floods back

It's my past

And present

And future 

I'm thinking about

I can't pick one

To slow down

I can't

Focus on a feeling

My focus wanders

And as I try to

Patiently guide it back

My mind laughs

As if anything

Could slow it.

Took my meds

Two hours ago

The three

That are supposed to keep

My anxiety at bay

But my head runs away

How am I supposed to sleep

When my head decides

To stay awake?

(5/10/2021)