angst cycle (iii) — [P] (ii)

cutting cutting cutting
the connection
is painful
but not doing it
is worse

normally
the image
the eye on the shape
of the landscape
takes me away
to performance land
for a while
until the tiredness
of seeing too much
senses a cease and desist

but it can’t
clear the sadness
behind the eyes

the loss
the necessary loss

but
all the same
the loss