Running on - running on empty

Running on-running on empty
Running on-running blind
Running on-running into the sun
But I'm running behind
Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive
Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive 

                                                     From a song by Jackson Browne

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early morning angst 

pulls me awake

what did I forget to do

what must I do

this day

numbly I crunch through

frigid snow

stepping on glass

going through motions

now familiar

barely noticing the 

beautiful animals who gather

round me

icicle whiskers glistening in the early morning light

 

looking in the mirror

tosseled and worn

bent around the edges

blurred by fatigue

another morning

another day

running

running on empty

running blind

 

what am I missing

what am i leaving behind?