When Life Feels Heavy

There are days the world grows distant,

A silent hush behind the glass,

Where laughter seems nonexistent,

And every hopeful moment’s passed.

I walk through crowds,

unseen,

unheard,

A shadow drifting down the street,

My thoughts a tangled,

restless herd,

My heart a drum with no steady beat.

The weight of living presses down,

A cloak I cannot cast aside,

Each smile I wear becomes a frown

When no one’s left to stand beside.

I try to speak, but words fall flat,

A whisper lost in empty air,

The world moves on

imagine that

While I remain,

just barely there.

The nights are long,

the silence deep,

My dreams dissolve before the dawn,

I wonder if I’ll ever keep

A piece of hope to build upon.

Yet even in this lonely space,

A flicker stirs within my chest

A stubborn wish for gentle grace,

A longing just to find some rest.

I tell myself to take it slow,

To breathe,

to let the moment be,

For even seeds beneath the snow

Will one day rise and learn to see.

So if you feel as I do now,

Adrift and tired,

far from home,

Know that the pain will fade somehow,

And you are never quite alone.