Broken, Broken,...

Rapid heart beat,

Eyes blink, blink, then blink.

Downward soul,

Hurt sinking lower, lower.

Stomach taunt,

Bile rising slowly, slowly.

Despair entrenched,

Roots running deep, deeper still.

Tears fall like rain,

Waterfall cheeks rolling, rolling.

Coldness inside,

Emotions pushed down, down.

Thoughts overturned,

Feelings of dark, darkness.

Goodness strolls away,

Courage run, run, running.

It gets better,

That's what everyone says, said, saying.

Time goes by,

Things keep change, changed, changing.

Sadness closes in,

Moments of dread, dreading.

Keep a sound head,

Keep going, going, going.

I don't know why,

I wrote, am writing, have written.

Maybe it's to feel alive,

Feel something, anything, everything.

In life, no one really listens,

But you must try, try, try.

2/28/24 (a leapyear) 3:49am (EST)