We Need to Talk

"We need to talk."

The words ring in your head, loud and angry over everything else, other sound which has become muffled, did somebody stuff cotton into your ears? Maybe, you can't tell, can't really focus on that right now and you feel your body rock forwards just slightly and realize that's your heartbeat, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, slamming back to life after it stopped for just a few seconds. It should feel good, but it doesn't, because right now everything kind of feels very, distinctly bad.