Are you ready?

Are you ready?

It’s about to start

Are you ready?

You just stand there

In hopes that you can just close your eyes and go somewhere else

The walls are caving in

And you can’t breathe

The shot goes off

There is chaos everywhere

You don’t know what to do

So you just stand there

Watching everyone pass you by

Watching them all be better than you

The walls are caving in

The oxygen is running out

You don’t know how much time you have left

You thought there’d be more

You were wrong

Were you ever right?

It’s getting to be too much

Time is going by slower

The space is almost all gone

There isn’t much time left

You have to fight for your life.

You're tired

You don't know if you can do it

But you press on.

Disclaimer:

Like any pain poetry piece, this was written in the depths of despair. I held onto the piece until I was healed from this particular pain. While I'm not perfectly healed, I would never post anything like this if I was still enduring these feelings. If you need help, reach out to a friend. Call someone. Call for help. Call anyone you can trust.