I need a break.
  A respite from my feelings.

I know that must sound strange
assuming that most like to feel;
it is how they know that they are alive.

  Me,
my feelings taunt me
and remind me that I'm not dead.

  Flashback after flashback invade
my frazzled mind and body
until my pounding heart is breaking
in the wake of no relief.

I need a break.