Breathe

Sometimes I forget to breathe,

A crushing weight holds me down,

Leaving me behind to seethe,

Hunted by relentless hounds.

Waves of anger pull me from the shore,

A deadly torrent, a raging wall.

It leads me on towards a war,

I cannot fight it, I can only fall.

Endless thoughts of despair,

Cage me in their deceiving hands.

Left with nothing, but to prepare,

I long to escape too far of lands.

On and on, my heart it breaks,

And I am left without my life.

This unending torment, anguish it makes,

No rest, nor might, only strife.

Yet in this darkness, far away,

Beyond my troubles and profanity,

A light, it glimmers, clear as day,

Saving me from my own insanity.

Lurching forwards, broken, yet strong,

I call on my strength, up from the depths,

Reaching for the light, were I belong,

I expand my lungs, and take in a breath.

- Bella