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Breathe

I am trapped.
By these four walls of my room,
By this skin and bone.

Locked away
And suffocated
By the pressure in my head.

Sounds seem distorted,
Like a fish 
In a bowl.

The quiet of my thoughts
Turned away
By ringing and chaos.

My anxious heart longs for 
The comfort of silence
And to simply, breathe.

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Jeremy Street

May 19, 2014 at 9:15 PM

|*.*\(* Ps., I Lived Amid Four Agonizing Years Of This Hell! It Was Almost Over For Myself At Twenty-Three Until One Night A Visit From, 'Heaven's Messiah:' Suddenly, Those Years Their Pain Were Forever Gone At Such Measures! Then, After A Series In Further Dreams, 'His Beauty,' Crushed Me, No, Broke Myself Into Pieces ? Turn Your Eyes Towards 'Alpha's Love' And Pray....Love, Jeremy *

Jeremy Street

May 19, 2014 at 9:06 PM

Man That's Awesome Girl! Although, In Such A State I Think The Breathing Would Become As Seem Maddening Within Itself ? Believe Me I Do Remember....We Like The 'Prison Walls' Of Bone And Flesh That Beauty Brought To Clarity's Truth ? Hang In There Baby Girl And Keep Brushing Through It....Love, Jeremy *

Muhammad Safa Thajudeen

May 8, 2014 at 11:20 AM

Fine work.

Ana Espinola Collins

May 6, 2014 at 8:48 PM

I enjoyed your poem....nice write :) Ana

Dr.Ram Mehta

May 6, 2014 at 6:34 AM

Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Darla

Anne-Lise Andresen

May 5, 2014 at 2:06 PM

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Darla :) - I choose your first very well written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Paul Callus

April 30, 2014 at 9:57 AM

Love this write Darla; there are moments when we feel we've had enough and the mind gets fuzzy...tummy funny....and all we want is to relax, calm down, close our eyes and take a deep breathe. // cu around. // paul

Skat A

April 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM

Hi Darla, WOW! I know this anxious feeling. LOVE IT! , Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Poet Destroyer A

April 27, 2014 at 2:44 AM

Darla, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following and reading your poems. ~Take Care!! From: you're new poet friend ~ LINDA ~

Darla Appleleaf

April 27, 2014 at 4:02 PM

Hi Linda! Thank you very much! :)