I tried to avoid myself, one day.

Dodged mirrors, glossy cupboards,
The computer till the screen lit.

Tried not to see the body
Always bordering my vision
-Especially sitting down-
So I wandered the house
Madly
Slamming hands and feet
Against door-jambs, window-bars,
To make it stop following me,
Leave me alone.

But she was always there-
I, I should say- Always
Watching when I turned my eyes
Ever so slightly, to check.

But the pain I caused
Made me hurt;
Wondering, I
Washed my grazed knee,
And said, There-there,
And felt better,
And looked up, to see
Nobody watching.