going away

you go away
for awhile.
you leave yourself
alone.
settle into
quiet.
not caring, not
wondering
about what you
did,
or should do
next.
you give yourself
a rest.
ease down into
a hot bath.
turn off
the phone.
you close your
eyes
and fill your
mind with
nothing. you
exhale
the person
that you try
so hard to be.