Duties

When I look into your eyes, what you don’t see

Are a billion other thoughts buzzing in my mind

There’s grief, there are balance sheets, untold anxieties

And several other ghosts I couldn’t leave behind



When I smile as you kiss my forehead, what you never realise

Is the effort it takes me, to shove my old self away

To prioritise bed-tea before git push origin fixPrice

And several other tasks I can’t castaway