Soggy Sight

With soggy sight and leaden heart Path is hard to navigate Stumbling on snakes slithering underfoot Faltering under hefty weight I want to feel light again For an hour or maybe two Since you vanished from this earth Found floating impossible to do Nothing hits senses like before Shackled by all I have lost Athough summer has graced us with warmth Surroundings are coated with a layer of frost Everything touched crumbles to ashes I am terrified to move at all If I step and the ground gives way beneath me Will be damned to an eternal freefall I'm too puny to pull myself up from the dirt Only manage to splash in the mud Skin stretching until wounds reopen Apologies painted in blood An ocean of shame pours out my eyes Salty like the sea Taste is sour in my mouth Wish thoughts would just let me be I strive to stifle sorrows to no avail With any substance fingers can find No matter how high my body gets Unable to detach from my mind The pain in soul won't let me grow numb If going to work it would have by now Try distracting myself from the terrible truth Second of relief more than life will allow I cannot help but dwell on past moments Making my head stagger and spin Turning mistakes over and over in hands I am consumed by agony within I am hunted by savage animal Known by name of regret Haunted by ghosts all sharing your name Guaranteeing I won't ever forget

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