Barren - Assemblage 23

Enough

I’ve taken all I can take

My heart is arid

My soul is barren

Devoid

Of function and of form

I feel so empty

An ache inside of me

Unrestrained and unrelenting

Emotions flood and then subside

The days decay like fading echoes

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

Sustain

A will to carry on

A silent burden

A voyage uncertain

Detached

From reason and desire

Go through the motions

With false devotion

Unrestrained and unrelenting

Emotions flood and then subside

The days decay like fading echoes

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

Too much

It’s more than I can bear

Feels like I’m breaking

Frightened and shaking

I stand

On faltering belief

The cracks are forming

A muted warning

Unrestrained and unrelenting

Emotions flood and then subside

The days decay like fading echoes

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide