Process of elimination

I try to think of words to use

To try and calm her down

Words fly back and forth

But nothing seems to work

Time and time again we fight

Finding faults and problems

Procrastinating with every breath

But nothing seems to work.

I know my presence is the problem

But leaving would make it worse

The silence is my own worst enemy

But nothing seems to work

Perhaps I should consider other options

A walk to calm myself,

Be alone with my thoughts

But nothing seems to work.

I think up a way to make her smile,

Jokes don’t sit well at times like this

My humour was the only thing I had

But nothing seems to work

I act on instinct

Avoid eye contact

Say I’m sorry

But nothing seems to work

Transparent as this seems,

Inevitably I know how this will end,

The only way it will work.

Like all the others before,

One day eventually...

I will face elimination