Plug

What do you do to plug yourself in –
                           recharge?

It is a (seemingly) simple,
                         valid question
           that should have a simple answer.

(Right?)

I hate that question.

The last time I was asked,
                  I went into counseling.
     Not entirely because of the question itself,
          but it was part of the equation.

Hearing it asked again,
          I hated it just as much as before –
               because I still don’t have any answers.

Am I oblivious to myself?
Am I a complete idiot?

I can throw out options
     that worked in the past
                    but
     if I try to repeat a scenario,
          it rarely works the same way.

Are there some things that tend to help?
     I think so.
Can I trust that they would work again?
     Not at all.

No pattern has been designated yet.
I can’t count on anything.

And even patterns
                       change.