You Knot Me

A knot sits firmly constricting breath- a ball of emotions impossible to name Familiar in its discontent, it's a weave of negativity; a conglomeration of pain, despair, abandonment, anger, tears, and fear amalgamated into this emotion. One that can only be described with the word You. Years have filed its bite; teeth worn with age no longer hold their edge. Yet somehow you appear in the face of others actions. A forgotten call, an appointment not kept, a gentle shove away, a distancing, all bring you back. So once again, I stare you down as you sit heavy on my chest, And I vow, this time You will not bring me to tears. But no matter, the words, or tears held, You sit firmly- a knot constricting breath; A ball of emotion impossible to name with any one word except You.