After taste

What must i eat?
Something salty
Or something sweet

What must i watch on tv?
The news
Or perhaps a movie

What would be more comforting
Hiding under a blanket
Or someone else's skin

Will these help
remove past's
After taste that lingers on

distract me from the sound
of ticking
of the clock

prevent confrontation
with the truth
i'm not quite fond of

Take away
 this horrible feeling
And put me at ease

Hush away all conflict
And can give way
 to peace?