Heavy

 

Lately I've 
Been feeling heavy,
Of heart and body.
Cumbersome thoughts

Weigh down on me,

And a constant,

Throbbing headache, 

Filled with

Wordy noise, and 

Dark thoughts,

Rob me of that 

Desperately needed sleep, 

And blissful, envied peace.

Bony joints feel out of whack,

Stiff and pain-filled,

Muscles sore to the touch.

Once so lithe and light,

Able to dance 

The blues away,

Now bogged down,

By vicious hands of time,

Pushing down on me,

And a black residue

Of unresolved grief, 

And trapped, dark memories,

Ready to rise up and out

Of this heavy body.

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