Ten thousand

A poem I wrote to exceed ten thousand words in the small book I'm trying to write. It seems like a joke, then takes a turn I suppose.

I wrote this poem

To reach ten thousand words

In this book you’re reading

To fill the space

This is in the place 

Of something meaningful

In life we always do the same

When a loss caused us pain

In place of what is gone

We shove something that doesn’t belong

Then act like we’re okay