Concrete Boots

Alone I carry this burden of torment,
	but I share the weight of sorrow
With those who’ll try to understand me.
In vain, I use incoherent phrases and 
shattered thoughts to convey my painful flashes.

Looking for salvation, I only find condemnation
	from those that I believe in.
I struggle to surface but deeper I descend
	into the undertow.
I scream out a name of security but no one
	answers.
So I call upon my own, but silence deafens.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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