Today is the day
The day I speak up
The day I open my chest
Open my chest and release
Release the pain
The stress
The anxiety
The knots inside of me unravel
They spill out around me
And lay limp
Limp and pathetic
They lay at my feet and beg
Beg to be let in
They try to wrap themselves around me
They threaten to tangle up inside of me
They want to engulf me
They want to take over my body
They want to take over my life
They want control
But I refuse
Today is the day I refuse to let myself be consumed

There is something I need to get off my chest
Something deep, something intense
It eats away at me at night
Coming to the surface with the loss of light
But it’s something that I don’t want to let go
It’s something for only me to know
So there it will sit and simmer and bubble
Leaving me with nothing but trouble