The Way Out Is

what was
is wearing
through

hairline fractures
the invisible exits
for what can not
be held back

you've spent a
lifetime patching
gathering plugs
for the largest hurts

made from the
circumstance
of others a
monotonous
drama of the daily

the pain of avoidance
will break you
as holes multiply
you will falter

relief lies
in the seeping
exit of your
self-made filling