Desperation Highway Poem by Terry Biscamp

I think I have become
So lost in my days..
In my thoughts…
Until I’m not sure
Which way is out.

I have become wasted
In my own reverie
Until I don’t know
What is or isn’t

The broken fragments
Of me….

So I don’t know
Where I begin
Or where I end,
Or even if there’s
Anything left at all.

I have become
A searcher perhaps
Of peace of mind
But I have become
Too damn tired
To become anything else.
Or to overcome
Nightmares that still scream
And carry on into my day.

The circle continues
And grows more
With each blink of my eyes
Purpose…
Seems to be lost
On my highway of desperation.

All these years
Of waiting…
Wanting, needing,
And then giving in
Just settling…
Has left me what I am,
I have become so utterly…
Lost
and

Defeated.