The Long Haul

Withering on life's end

the long and withering drought

the road is so long

and the haul is heavy

my legs are aching

and I want to give up

The journey is long

and I am breaking

I know now I cant turn back

but I want to

just let me go back

let me live again

let me breathe

I don't want to hide

in the darkness anymore

but its all I see

the broken eyes

the hurting soul

I cry out

but you cant be heard

silence is seen

and loneliness abides

one screams in outrage

to break the other

to dismantle

the other

is simply losing their mind

and is not brought back

they have seen the worst

and they feel it too

its buried inside them

it wants to come out

they want to break free

they want love

they want freedom

they want joy

they want someone to care

find me in a cave

bring me out

set me free