Starve Out the Beast

For the things we can't completely leave behind, we can at least try to remain ahead of them by a few steps.

Photo by Trevor McKinnon on Unsplash

They say Misery loves company 
so I'm proud to deny it mine's 
out of spite. Leave it out 
in the cold at the apex
of the deepest winter 
that will set records 
for centuries to come.
The two of us will be lonely—
sure. But the thought of it dying off 
without me isn't what I've been chasing 
but the first morning I w…