I'm Breaking

Holding it together the best I can terrified to let go

Feeling the pieces slowly ripping apart one by one

Choking on the lump of responsibility stuck in my throat

If I scream will it release its hold on me

If I cry will it wash away with my tears

I want to hide away until this feeling subsides

I keep searching reluctantly for my beacon of hope

A sign revealing the end of this suffering

But I'm drowning in this sorrow reaching up

Grasping at nothing and descending fast

My heart strains with every waver and ache

I sit with a blank stare ahead empty and lost

I'm breaking