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the sun again

Linda M. Crate

some days are a struggle
just want to collapse and call it quits
don’t want to suffer anymore

it is a heavy guaze that weighs down
on my bones
and this anxiety makes it heavier

feel like an anchor being dragged beneath the sea
when i want to be nothing more than the
mermaid who frees herself from her chains,

i’ve learned that i must be my own hero
because everyone’s too busy trying to save themselves
to notice that you’re drowning;

i always give them a helping hand when i can
but i don’t expect the same in return because i now know
not everyone has the same heart as i do as much as that hurts

there’s never anyone there when i need help
so i struggle on in silence
praying for a better day, one where there isn’t as much rain

falling from my eyes;
because even if from my deepest sorrows come my brightest joys
i just want to feel the sun again.

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