This Is Me, Almost Breaking

I wish I could tell

how it feels when you cry and miss a beat

when the shoulders feel numb

and your soul wails, begging for ease.

I wish I could tell

it’s not easy to let things go

some things stay, like bruises where no one touched you.

and pain refuses to outgrow

I wish I could tell

I don’t want to struggle alone

I need a hand on my shoulder

someone who won’t let me turn to stone.

I wish I could tell

small things make me tear up uncontrollably

frustration and irritation — they live with me now

where do we buy peace easily?

I wish I could tell

sometimes it’s not easy to breathe

even the body forgets how to pause…how to just be.

I wish I could tell

I need a break.

A break —

from chaos,

from a filtered world,

this uncontrollable mind —

and maybe…

from life.

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