If only you knew
How many of both my loving and aching poems
Were written because of you.

It swells and swarms
in leaps and bounds.
creates a path
and open a door
Into a land of light and sound
that is bright and shinning all around
It pulls as it whispers
Soft and slow
It hints at what we cannot know.

It's 10 PM and I can't fall asleep
Try as hard as I may
It's frustrating and I wonder why I
Can't have this energy in the day.

Stress overpowers
My everyday thinking.
I appear to be afloat
But secretly, I'm sinking.

When you're in such a mess,
You know its not just stress,
Self too tangled, can't decompress,
Too complicated to express.

~A.d | 13 Dec 2014

A mess of stress I'd ask for less
My guts in knots my brain is mush
I don't know what I want
I feel I'll never know
So whats the point?

Stress overwhelms you
Like a fire envelops a piece of wood
It spreads too quickly to stop
And once it's over
There is nothing left
But misshapen remains

Nothing has to be done
Open that door and run

Stress is staying behind
Today be no more blind
Run in the direction of your heart
Expel the nonsense and be smart
Stress is a curse when nearby
Say to stress forever goodbye

The stress from today
Travels with me again tomorrow
Like weights on my shoulders
Unable to be thrown off
Until daylight shines
Lifting it away
But not for very long
Because the stress from yesterday
Starts again tomorrow.