Unplug

A poetry prompt from the group: 

The Way Out Is

what was
is wearing
through

hairline fractures
the invisible exits
for what can not
be held back

you've spent a
lifetime patching

gathering plugs
for the largest hurts

made from the
circumstance
of others,
a monotonous
drama of
the daily

the pain of
avoidance
will break you

as holes multiply,
you will falter

relief lies
in the seeping
exit of your
self-made filling