Too Hard To Write
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Written in a time of stress and depression.
Too Hard to Write
I cannot write.
Not too few thoughts,
But too many,
Whirling, twisting
In my mind –
Too many fears,
Too many doubts!
The channels of
My mind are choked,
Like leaf-clogged gutters,
With formless words
That pour over and
Are wasted on the
Barren ground beneath.
Fears fly around
My head and knit
My words into knots
That ravel into strings
Of nothingness.
When will this nightmare
Cease, the fears subside?
Where can I hide?
I feel the worst is yet to come,
And yet I need to fight
This feeling of despair!
And so I try to tell myself
That time will pass -
That this brief moment in
Eternity will someday
Be only a memory.
But will I ever truly
Be at peace? I cannot tell.
Copyright © Barbara Peckham | Year Posted 2021
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