Sunday, July 24, 2022

It's Okay to Be Held

 

I’ve spent years pretending to be tougher than I am

Fortified walls surround me never letting anybody in

Until even I can’t recognize the mess I’m in


I’ve held my true self so deathly near

Afraid of getting close year after year

Ruled by emotions and too much by fear


What if I get too close and lose

It’s easier to drown myself in booze

Then to try and keep up the ruse.


I feel like an island standing alone

While others find their place called home

An empty contact list is all that fills my phone


Too many nights I scream and yell

Needing to hear “it’s okay to be held”

Instead I feel like an empty shell.


I simply want to belong amid this plunder

I need to hear your voice like thunder

Helping me put it all asunder.


Rachael Collins


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